AP Human Geo: Chapter 13

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320. Annexation

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Legally adding land area to a city in the United States.

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321. Census Tract

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An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; urban areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods.

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323. Central Business District

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(CBD) The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered.

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324. City

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An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit.

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325. Combined Statistical Area

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(CSA) In the United States, two or more contiguous core based statistical areas tied together by commuting patterns.

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326. Concentric Zone Model

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A model of the intern structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.

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327. Core Based Statistical Area

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(CBSA) In the Untied States, the combination of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan areas.

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328. Council of Government

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A cooperative agency consisting of representatives of local governments in a metropolitan area in the United States.

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329. Density Gradient

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The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery.

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330. Edge City

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A large node or office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area.

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331. Filtering

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A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment.

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332. Food Desert

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An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain.

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333. Gentrification

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A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner occupied area.

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334. Greenbelt

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A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area.

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335. Megalopolis

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A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States.

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336. Metropolitan Statistical Area

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(MSA) In the United States, an urbanized area of at lease 50,000 population, the country within which the city is located, and adjacent countries meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city.

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337. Micropolitan Statistical Area

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(μSAs) An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the country in which it is found, and adjacent countries tied to the city.

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338. Multiple Nuclei Model

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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities.

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339. Peripheral Model

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A model of North America urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road.

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340. Primary Census Statistical Area

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(PCSA) In the United States, all of the combined statistical areas plus of the remaining statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas.

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341. Public Housing

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Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to residents with low incomes, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families’ incomes.

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342. Redlining

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A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.

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343. Rush Hour

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The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic.

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344. Sector Model

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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district.

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345. Smart Growth

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Legislation and regulation to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland.

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346. Social Area Analysis

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Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle within an urban area.

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347. Sprawl

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Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area.

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348. Squatter Settlement

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An area within a city in a less developed country in which people legally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures.

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349. Underclass

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A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics.

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350. Urban Area

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A dense core of census tracts, densely settled suburbs, and low-density land that links the dense suburbs with the core.

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351. Urban Cluster

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In the United States, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants.

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352. Zoning Ordinance

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A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community.