Rubenstein-Chapter 13: Urban Patterns 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 space 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 tired 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 predominately low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominately 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 country within which the city is located, and adjacent countries meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city.
Micropolitan Statistical Area
An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the county in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city.