Chapter 13 3 more to go Flashcards
Annexation
Legally adding land area to a city in the United States.
Census Tract
An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published, in urbanized areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods.
Central Business District (CBD)
The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered.
City
An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit.
Combined Statistical Area (CSA)
In the United States, two or more contiguous core based statistical areas tied together by commuting patterns.
Concentric Zone Model
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.
Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA)
In the United States, the combination of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas.
Council of Government
A cooperative agency consisting of representatives of local governments in a metropolitan area in the United States.
Density Gradient
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery.
Edge City
A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area.
Filtering
A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment.
Gentrification
A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area.
Greenbelt
A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area.
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
In the United States, a central city 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.
Multiple Nuclei Model
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities.
Peripheral Model
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.
Primary Census Statistical Area (PCSA)
In the United States, all of the combined statistical areas plus all of the remaining metropolitan statistical areas.
Public Houseing
Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to residents with low incomes, and the rents are set at 30% of the families incomes.
Redlining
A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.
Rush Hour
The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic.
Sector Model (Hoyt)
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 CBD.
Smart Growth
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland.
Social Area Analysis
Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic backgrounds, and life style live within an urban area.
Sprawl
Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area.
