APHUG Unit 6.2 Flashcards
suburbanization
the process of people moving, usually from cities to residential areas on the outskirts of cities
sprawl
is the rapid expansion of the spatial extent of a city and occurs for numerous reasons
reasons for sprawl:
- growth of suburbs
lower land costs in suburbs compared to inner cities - lower-density single-family housing
- weak planning laws
- the continuing growth of car culture
leap-frog development
a specific process that encourages sprawl where developers purchase land and build communities beyond the periphery of the city’s built area
boomburbs/boomburgs
rapidly growing communities (over 10 percent per 10 years) have a total population of over 100,000 people, and are not the largest city in the metro area
boomburbs/boomburgs examples
Mesa, Arizona; Plano, Texas; and Riverside, California
edge cities
another new land use is found near key locations along transportation routes that have mini downtowns of hotels, malls, restaurants, and office complexes; nodes of economic activity that have developed in the periphery of large cities.
counter-urbanization/deurbanization
the counter-flow of urban residents leaving cities
exurbs
the prosperous residential districts beyond the suburbs.
reurbanization
the growth in population in metropolitan central cores, following a period of absolute or relative decline in population
megacities
have a population of over 20 million people
metacities
- continuous urban area with a population greater than 20 million people
- attributes of a network of urban areas that have grown together to form a larger interconnected urban system.
metacity examples
- Tokyo, Japan (37 million)
- New York City (20 million)
- emerging metacity: Shenzen, China (predicted to have 120 million by 2050)
megalopolis
a chain of connected cities
conurbation
an uninterrupted urban area made of towns, suburbs, and cities.
