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Who has given the concept of urban fringe?

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The concept of "urban fringe" was first introduced by T.L. Smith in 1937 to denote "the built-up area just outside the corporate limits of the city" (Pryor, 1968). Therefore, neither M. N. Srinivas, K. M. Kapadia, nor S. C. Dube introduced the concept of urban fringe.
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According to Pryor (1968), the term 'Urban Fringe' was used first by a sociologist T. L. Smith, in 1937 to signify the built-up area just outside the corporate limits of the city' during the study of Louisiana...
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