Unit 6 flashcards

Question 1

Suburbanization

Answer 1

The growth o cities outside of an urban area

Question 2

Urbanization

Answer 2

The process by which people live and are employed in a city

Question 3

Sprawl

Answer 3

The expansion of cities and urban areas into surrounding rural or undeveloped land

Question 4

Boomburbs

Answer 4

Rapidly growing (Double digits) suburban areas with a population greater than 100,000

Question 5

Megacity

Answer 5

A city with a population of over 10 million but under 20 million

Question 6

Metacity

Answer 6

A city with a population over 20 million

Question 7

Edge city

Answer 7

An urban area with a large suburban, residential, and business area around it.

Question 8

Exurbs

Answer 8

the small communities lying beyond the suburbs of a city.

Question 9

Global Cities

Answer 9

An urban center that is a major player in the global economy and is connected to a network of other global cities through economic, cultural, and political linkages

Question 10

Central place theory

Answer 10

In any given region there can only be one large central city which is surrounded by a series of smaller cities, towns, and hamlets

Question 11

Multiple nuclei model

Answer 11

a city with multiple nodes that act as regional centers for economic or residential activity within the larger city

Question 12

Concentric Zone Model

Answer 12

Describes expansion in concentric rings around the CBD

Question 13

Galactic City Model

Answer 13

The CBD is surrounded by smaller cities that often copy the functions of a CBD

Question 14

Griffin Ford Model

Answer 14

A Model showing the CBD with a “spine” where the elite and luxurious residential and business areas, surrounded by areas of extreme poverty.

Question 15

Urban Infill

Answer 15

The expansion of urban buildings onto unused land surrounded by used land (Gap Filling)

Question 16

Filtering

Answer 16

The process of subdivision of houses and occupancy by successive waves of lower income people

Question 17

Periphery country

Answer 17

Country with a low standard of living and low industrial productivity

Question 18

Semi Periphery country

Answer 18

Newly industrialized countries with the median standards of living

Question 19

Urban hierarchy

Answer 19

A ranking of settlements based on their size and economic functions

Question 20

Sector model

Answer 20

shows a city with sectors

Question 21

Smart growth policies

Answer 21

programs with the goal to allow walkability in cities, adding public green space, giving citizens a voice, and making the community safer

Question 22

New Urbanism

Answer 22

Encouraging Local community development, sustainable growth, and greater pedestrian accessibility.

Question 23

Greenbelts

Answer 23

Areas around an urban area purposefully left undeveloped to leave room for farmland.

Question 24

Slow Growth City

Answer 24

A city where planners have put smart growth initiatives in place to decrease growth.

Question 25

Zoning Ordinances

Answer 25

A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community

Question 26

Invasion and Succession

Answer 26

Process by which new immigrants dominate and take over areas occupied by older occupants.

Question 27

Suburbanization of business

Answer 27

The movement of businesses to the suburbs to take advantage of the large labor force

Question 28

Municipality

Answer 28

A city or town with corporate status and local government.

Question 29

Blockbusting

Answer 29

A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will move into the neighborhood

Question 30

Redlining

Answer 30

A discriminatory real estate process in NA where members of minority groups are prevented in obtaining money by banks to purchase homes or property in white neighborhoods

Question 30

Gentrification

Answer 30

Urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic

Question 31

Zones of abandonment

Answer 31

An area where all people have left because they chose a better living area

Question 32

Brownfield

Answer 32

A property which has the potential to be hazardous waste, pollutant, or contaminant.

Question 33

Urban Redevelopment

Answer 33

The tearing down and rebuilding, or renovation of an urban district to improve it.

Question 34

Nodal cities

Answer 34

A city that has arisen in a comparatively short time frame