Chapter 13 Vocab

Question 0

Census tract

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Annexation

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Central business district

Answer 2

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

Question 3

City

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Combined statistical area

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Concentric zone model

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Core based statistical area

Answer 6

The combination of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas.

Question 7

Council of government

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Density gradient

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Edge city

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Filtering

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Gentrification

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Greenbelt

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Metropolitan statistical area

Answer 13

A central city with at least 50,000 people, the county within the city, and some adjacent counties meeting specific standards.

Question 14

Micropolitan statistical area

Answer 14

Like a metropolitan statistical area but population 10,000-50,000.

Question 15

Multiple nuclei model

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Peripheral model

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Primary census statistical area

Answer 17

All of the combined statistical area plus all of the remaining metro and micropolitan statistical areas.

Question 18

Public housing

Answer 18

Housing owned by the government; it is rented to residents with low incomes.

Question 19

Redlining

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Rush hour

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Sector model

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Smart growth

Answer 22

Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland.

Question 23

Social area analysis

Answer 23

Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards ethnic background and life style live within an urban area.

Question 24

Sprawl

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Squatter settlement

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

Underclass

Answer 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 characteristics.

Question 27

Urban renewal

Answer 27

Program in which cities identify blighted inner city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private owners, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers.

Question 28

Urbanized area

Answer 28

A central city plus it’s contiguous built up suburbs.

Question 29

Zoning ordinance

Answer 29

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