The concept of New Urbanism, an architectural and planning movement, features relatively self-contained communities with clustered development next to tracts of open space and links to mass transit.

Ponds, lakes, and other small bodies of water are ideal for studying alternative stable states because they are relatively self-contained (Holling 1973).

When studied by Davis in the mid-1960s it was undergoing a transition from a relatively self-contained peasant society to one forming part of a much wider market economy.

The investigators chose Kirkcaldy to examine the Scottish experience because it is a relatively self-contained labour market in which employment trends and industrial mix follow those of Scotland generally.

Though it became a section of the Foreign Office, the ODA was relatively self-contained with its own minister, and the policies, procedures, and staff remained largely intact.

The Southern Railway, being relatively self-contained and operated largely by electric traction, was incorporated almost intact as the new Southern Region.

A subcontinent is a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent.

For the most part, the archive speaks for itself, although I have taken the liberty of breaking up the long and unstructured account into relatively self-contained chapters to facilitate reading.

The area is relatively self-contained, and in recent years has seen a small decline in population.

In the last five years or so, Marvel has avoided large-scale crossovers and big events, instead focusing on developing characters and franchises in relatively self-contained stories and series.