Unit 6 Part One Flashcards
First Urban Revolution
the agricultural and socioeconomic innovations that led to the rise of the earliest cities.
Site
The physical characteristics of a place.
Second Urban Revolution
The industrial innovations in mining and manufacturing that led to increased urban growth
Metropolis
very large and densely populated city, particularly the capital or major city of a country or region
Urban area
Any self-governing place in the United States that contains at least 2500 people
Urbanized area
urban areas with 50,000 people or more
Urban clusters
urban areas with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants
Metropolitan statistical area
a region with at least one urbanized area as its core ( at least 50,000 people)
Micropolitan statistical area
have one or more urban clusters of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 people as their cores.
Suburb
populated areas on outskirts of a city
Sprawl
tendency of cities to grow outward in an unchecked manner.
Edge city
concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment that developed in the suburbs, outside of a city’s traditional downtown or central business district
Boomburb
places with more than 100,000 residents, but they are not core cities in the metropolitan areas.
Exurb
semirural district located beyond the suburbs that is often inhabited by well-to-do families.
World city
are the cities that have become the command and control centers of the global economy—the sites of major decisions about the world’s commercial networks and financial markets
Urban system
set of interdependent cities or urban places connected by networks
Urban hierarchy
refers to a ranking of cities, with the largest and most powerful cities at the top of the hierarchy.
Rank-size rule
A principle that states the size of a city is inversely proportional to its rank in the hierarchy.
Primate city
A city that is significantly larger than any other city in the country and dominates its economy, political, and cultural life.
Christaller’s Central Place Theory
model that attempts to understand why cities are located where they are
threshold
the number of people required to support a business
range
distance people will travel to acquire a good or service
burgess concentric zone model
shows rings of factory production and different residential zones radiating outward from a central business
hoyt sector model
model of a city’s internal organization, developed by Homer Hoyt, that focuses on transportation and communication as the drivers of the city’s layout
multiple-nuclei models model of a city’s internal organization showing residential districts organized around several nodes rather than one central business district
galactic city model
A model of a city’s internal organization in which the central business district remains central, but multiple shopping areas, office parks, and industrial districts are scattered throughout the surrounding suburbs and linked by metropolitan expressway systems
griffin ford model
combination of concentric zones and radial factors
