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Table 1 Definition of ‘levels of centrality’

From: Sustainability appraisal of residential energy demand and supply - a life cycle approach including heating, electricity, embodied energy and mobility

Level of centrality

Description

1

Community without centrality, no basic function and no local supply available

2

Community without centrality, no basic function but local supply available

3

Small centre

4

Regional centre (e.g. main municipality of a county)

5

Supra-regional centre (e.g. main municipality of a federal state)