chapter 13

Question 1

an area delineated by the US bureau of the census for which statistics are published; in urban areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods

Answer 1

census tract

Question 2

the area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered

Answer 2

central business district (cbd)

Question 3

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

Answer 3

central city

Question 4

in the US, two or more contiguous core-based statistical areas tied together by commuting patterns

Answer 4

combined statistical area (csa)

Question 5

a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings

Answer 5

concentric zone model

Question 6

In the US, the collection of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas

Answer 6

core-based statistical area (CBSA)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

edge city

Question 8

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

Answer 8

galactic model

Question 9

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

Answer 9

informal settlement

Question 10

a continuous urban complex in the northeastern US

Answer 10

megalopolis

Question 11

In the US an urbanized area of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city

Answer 11

metropolitin statistical area (MSA)

Question 12

An urbanized area between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants the county in which it is located and adjacent counties tied to the city

Answer 12

micropolitan statistical area

Question 13

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

Answer 13

multiple nuclei model

Question 14

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

Answer 14

sector model

Question 15

statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards ethnic background and lifestyle live within an urban area

Answer 15

social area analysis

Question 16

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

Answer 16

urban area

Question 17

in the US an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants

Answer 17

urban cluster

Question 18

in the US an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants

Answer 18

urbanized area

Question 19

legally adding land area to a city in the united states

Answer 19

annexation

Question 20

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

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density gradient

Question 21

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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gentrification

Question 22

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

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rush hour

Question 23

legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland

Answer 23

smart growth

Question 24

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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sprawl

Question 25

a residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city

Answer 25

suburb

Question 26

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

Answer 26

underclass