6.2 Flashcards
The process of people moving, usually from cities, to residential areas on the outskirt of cities
Suburbanization
The rapid expansion of the spatial extent of a city that occurs because of suburbanization growth, the result is lower costs, less population density,weak laws, and car growth
Sprawl
Rapidly growing communities that have a total population of over 100,000 people, and arent the largest city in the metro area
Boom burbs(boomburgs)
When developers purchase land and build communities beyond the periphery of the cities built area
Leap-frog development
The prosperous residential districts beyond the suburbs
Exurbs
The counter flow of urban residents leaving cities
Counter-urbanization(Deurbanization)
Areas that have a large population of more than 10 million people
Megacities
Nodes of economic activity that have developed in the periphery of large cities
Edge cities
A continuous urban area with a population greater than 20 million people
Metacities(hyper cities)
When some suburbanites return to live in the city
Reurbanization
Attributes of a network of urban areas that have grown together to form a larger interconnected urban system
Metacities(hyper cities)
An uninterrupted urban area made of towns, suburbs, and cities
Conurbation
