Unit 6: Chapter 15 Flashcards
Settlement
a place where a permanent population lives
Urbanization
Process of developing cities and towns
Site
Describes the physical features/characteristics of a place
Situation
Location of a place relative to its surroundings
metropolitan area
an adjacent city with a high population density
suburbanization
when people from cities move to the suburbs
Boomburb
quick growing areas with over 100,000 people, but aren’t the largest city in the metro area
Edge city
Nodes of economic activity at the edges of cities
Exurb
Residential areas that are past suburbs
Megacity
population with over 10 million people
Metacity
Urban area with over 20 million people, or multiple urban areas are formed together to create one
Megalopolis
A network of high-density human settlements
World City
cities that are influential beyond their country.
Rank-size rule
The nth largest city will be 1/nth of the size of the biggest city
Urban Hierarchy
A ranking of settlements according to size/functions. Hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis
Primate city
A city with that largest population in the country by far. At least double the population of the second largest city
Gravity Model
Cities that are closer and larger to each other are more likely to interact with one another
Central Place Theory
The idea that smaller areas surround larger ones and rely on them for more important needs
Threshhold
Minimum # of people required to support a good/service
Range
max distance a person is willing to travel for a good/service
