Rural and Urban Land Use Vocab Flashcards
Argrarian
way of life that depends on farming for sustenance
Animal Domestication
the process of whereby a population of animals through a process of selection, becomes accustomed to human provision and control
Agriculture
the cultivation of domesticated crops and the raising of domesticated animals
Crop Rotation
the process of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil
Aquaculture
the name given to all farming and rearing of fish and marine plants that does not fall under the category for fishing
Collective Farm
a system of agricultural organization where as farm laborers are not compensated via wages. Rather, the workers receive a share of the farm’s net productivity.
Double Croppping
Growing more than 1 crop a year on the same land
Extractive Industry
is made up of mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction industries
Feedlot
places where livestockare concentrated in a very small area and raised on hormones and hearty grains that prepare them for slaughter at a much more rapid rate than grazing; often referred to as factory farms
Green Revolution
the development higher - yield and fast growing crops through increased technology, pesticides, and fertilizers transferred from the developed to developing world to alleviate the problem of food supply in those regions of the globe
Planned Economy
economic system in which a single agency makes all decisions about the production and allocation of goods and services
“Tragedy of the Commons”
the idea that people will take and use resources to their own advantage, not stopping to think about the future and other people. this is due to greed, new technological advancements, overpopulation, high demand, and poor managment
Sustainable Yield
the amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
Zoning
a law that limits the permitted use of land and max density of development in a community
Megalopolis
formed when urban expansion results in an overlap in development by cities in close proximity to one another, resulting in a network of high-density human settlements
Infrastructure
the basic structure of services, installations, and facilities needed to support industrial agricultural and other economic development included and communications along with water power and other public utilities
Urbanization
the movement of people to, and the clustering of people in, towns and cities - a major force in every geographical realm today, also when expanding cities absorb the rural countryside and transforms it into suburbs
Metropolitan Area
an urban area consisting of one or more whole country unites, usually containing several urbanized areas or suburbs, that all act together as a coherent economic whole
Suburb
residential communities located outside of city centers
Commercialization
the transformation of an area of a city into an area attractive to residents and tourists alike in terms of economic activity
Commuter Zone
the outermost zone of the concentric zone model that represents people who choose to live in residential suburbia and take a daily commute into the CBD to work
Concentric Zone Model
a model on the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged spatially in a series of rings. the lower class lives closer to the center and the upper class lives farther away from the center
Central Business District (CBD)
is where a large amount of businesses are located. in the concentric zone model, it is located in the center of the city. houses and apartments are less common in the CBD and tend to be more prevalent outside of it.
Ethnic Neighborhood
an area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background
