Unit 6 Flashcards
Mixed-Use Development (MUD)
City designing that create areas with more than one use
Transportation-Oriented Development
Urban development that focuses making every business, and city space within walking distance of transportation like a bus
Smart-Growth Policies
Development that tries to prevent urban sprawl while making many areas within public transportation and preserves open space like parks
New Urbanism
Focuses on limiting urban sprawl while creating a sense of place with open areas
Slow Growth Cities
Slow the pace of development to retain sense of place and preserve open space
Blockbusting
When real estate agents would stir up concern that AA families would soon move into a neighborhood to convince White property owners to sell their houses below-market price
Redlining
When a lending institution refused to offer home loans on the basis of a neighborhoods racial and ethnic makeup
Filtering
Houses gradually becoming rented or bought by people with lower income
Zones of Abandonment
Urban areas that do not have residents structures
Eminent Domain
the power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use
Urban Area
A city and its surrounding suburbs
Metropolitan Area
A city and its surrounding areas that are influenced economically and culturally by the city
Urban Sprawl
Urban areas expand in an unplanned way
Edge City
Locate on the outskirts of the city
Boomburg
A suburb that has grown rapidly into a large, sprawling city with 100,000+ residents
