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Human Geography Ch. 13 Flashcards

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Urbanized area of at least 50,000 inhabitants

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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Smaller urban areas (10,000 - 50,000) inhabitants

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Micropolitan Statistical Area

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County within which city is located

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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County and adjacent counties tied to city

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Micropolitan Statistical Area

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Urban settlement legally incorporated into independent self-governing unit

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Central City

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Central city and surrounding built-up suburbs

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Urban area

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About 70% of U.S. population is in a…

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urban area

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Urban area with at least 50,000 people

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Urbanized areas

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Urban area (2,500 - 50,000 people)

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Urban cluster

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Metropolitan areas that are so close together that they form one continuous urban complex

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Megalopolis “great city”

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Where is an example of a Megalopolis?

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Northeast U.S. from north of Boston to south of D.C.

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Best-known area of most central cities

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Central Business District (CBD) - “downtown”

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Characteristics of the central business district

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  • Compact
  • Usually one of the oldest districts in city
  • Visually distinct
  • Contains consumer, business, and public services
  • Focal point of region’s transportation network
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(Business Services) Professionals still exchange information via ______ - ___-______ contact

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face-to-face

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Business services are _______ located to facilitate rapid communication of fast-breaking news

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centrally

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(Consumer Services) Some CBDs shopping areas have been revitalized:

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  • Attract suburban shoppers and tourists
  • Centers of entertainment
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(Consumer Services) Once facilitated by large department stores but have relocated to ________ _______

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suburban malls

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(Consumer Services) What are examples of store types that serve people who work in center and shop during lunch or working hours?

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  • Office Supplies
  • Clothing Sales
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Why would public services cluster in CBD?

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to facilitate access for people living in all parts of town

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Examples of public services in CBD:

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  • Convention centers
  • City halls
  • Courts
  • Libraries
21
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What are convention centers in CBD trying to accomplish?

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Effort to stimulate downtown economy

22
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What are the 3 models of urban structure?

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  • Concentric Zone Model
  • Sector Model
  • Multiple Nuclei Model
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City grows outward from a central area in a series of rings

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Concentric Zone Model

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What are the 5 rings of the concentric zone model?

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  • CBD
  • Zone in transition
  • Zone of independent workers homes
  • Zone of better residences
  • Commuter’s zone
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Characteristics of the Sector Model

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  • City develops in a series of sectors
  • Expand outward in a wedge from center as it grows
  • Best housing in a corridor extending from downtown to outer edge of city
  • Industry and retail develop along transportation routes
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City is complex structure with more than one center around which activities revolve

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Multiple Nuclei Model

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What are examples of multiple nuclei model

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ports, neighborhood business centers, universities, airports, parks

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Nodes of consumer and business services around beltway

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Edge cities

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Characteristics of the Peripheral Model

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  • Urban area
  • Business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road
  • Edge cities
30
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What does social area analysis help to create?

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Helps to create an overall picture of where various types of people tend to live

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(Social Area Analysis) Urban areas are divided into census tracts that contain about _____ residents

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5,000

32
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The Census is every ___ years

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10

33
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Characteristics of Social Area Analysis - Concentric Zones

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  • Households in older houses likely to live in inner ring
  • Households in a newer house in an outer ring
34
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People with the same ethnic or racial background are likely to live near each other

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Social Area Analysis - Nuclei

35
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_____ people live in the CBDs of Europe cities than those of the U.S.

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More

36
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Progressive spread of development of suburbs over the landscape

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Sprawl

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What are the results of Sprawl?

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  • Roads and utilities must be extended
  • Higher fuel consumption
  • Loss of agricultural land
38
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Retailing has increasingly concentrated in:

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  • Planned suburban shopping malls
  • Auto-friendly strip malls
  • Big-box stores
39
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Suburban retailing is surrounded by:

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ample parking

40
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U.S. has ______ motor vehicles than licensed drivers

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more

41
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Is urban transportation encouraged by U.S. government?

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yes

42
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Most Americans still prefer to commute by ______

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vehicle

43
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What are the inner-city challenges?

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  • Inadequate job skills
  • Culture of poverty
  • Crime (serious - murder)
  • Drugs
  • Homelessness
  • Inadequate services (food deserts)
  • Deteriorating housing
  • Municipal finances
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___% of children in inner-city live with one parent

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80%

45
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Process by which higher-income people move into deteriorated inner-city neighborhoods and renovate housing

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Gentrification

46
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Why do people practice gentrification?

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  • Larger, cheaper housing
  • Closer to place of work (downtown)
  • Proximity to amenities
47
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Gentrification appeals to:

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appeals to singles and childless couples

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