Chapter 7 Flashcards
Post Modern
the movement in contemporary scholarship that emphasizes fragmentation and de-centering both in intellectual thought and material projects
Post Modern Metropolis
A postindustrial city characterized by social fragmentation
Megalopolis
A very large and highly dense population site connecting people and enterprises in different cities and towns
Urban Fragmentation
the proliferation of municipalities and other governmental units within a metropolitan area
Deindustrialization
the movement of industrial enterprises out of older metropolitan areas during the period after WWII
Sunbelt
the southern and western portions of the united states where many people and firms relocated after WWII
Borderplex
a metropolitan area that crosses national boundaries
