Unit 6 vocab Flashcards
Boomburb
a suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents
Central place theory
a theory used to describe the spatial relationship between cities and their surrounding communities
Edge city
a type of community located on the outskirts of a larger city with commercial centers with office space, retail complexes, and other amenities typical of an urban center
Exurb
a typically fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where the residents and community are closely connected to the central city and suburbs
Gravity Model
a model that predicts the interaction between two or more places; geographers derived the model from Newton’s law of universal gravitation
Infill
redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
Megacity
a city with a population of more than 10 million
Metacity
a city with a population of more than 20 million
Metropolitan Area
a city and the surrounding areas that are influenced economically and culturally by the city
Primate City
the largest city in a country, which far exceeds the next city in population size and importance
Range
in central place theory, the distance that someone is willing to travel for a good or service
Rank-size Rule
explanation of size of cities within a country; states that the second-largest city will be one-half the size of the largest, the third largest will be one-third the size of the largest, and so on
Threshold
In central place theory, the number of people needed to support a buisness
Urban area
A city and its surrounding suburbs.
Urban sprawl
areas of poorly planned low-density development surrounding a city.
World city
city that wields political, cultural, and economic influence on a global scale.
African city model
model of urban development depicting a city with three central business districts, growing outward in a series of concentric rings.
Concentric-zone model
model of urban development depicting a city growing outward from a central business district in a series of concentric rings.
Disamenity zone
A high-poverty urban area in a disadvantaged location containing steep slopes, flood-prone ground, rail lines, landfills, or industry.
Galactic city model
model of urban development depicting a city where economic activity has moved from the central business district toward lose coalitions of other urban areas and suburbs.
Latin American city model
a model of urban development depicting a city with a central business district, concentric rings, and sections stricken by poverty.
Multiple-nuclei model
a model of urban development depicting a city where growth occurs around the progressive integration of multiple nodes, not around a central business district.
Node
Focal point of functional region
Sector model
a model of urban development depicting a city with wedge-shaped sectors and divisions emanating from the central business district, generally along transit routes.
Southeast Asian city model
a model of urban development depicting a city oriented around a port, lacking a formal central business district, and growing outward in concentric rings and along multiple nodes.
Squatter settlements
Informal housing areas beset with overcrowding and poverty that feature temporary homes often made of wood scraps or metal sheeting.
Zoning
process of dividing a city or urban area into zones within which only certain land uses are permitted.
Blockbusting
A practice by real estate agents who stir up concern that Black families would soon move into a neighborhood, convincing White property owners to sell their houses at below market prices.
Brownfield
An abandoned and polluted industrial site in a central city or suburb.
De facto segregation
Segregation that results from residential settlement patterns rather than from prejudicial laws.
Ecological footprint
the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain the use of natural resources.
Eminent domain
the government’s right to take over privately owned property for public use or interest.
Environmental injustice
Ways in which communities of color and poor people are more likely to be exposed to environmental burdens such as air pollution or contaminated water.
New urbanism
a school of thought that promotes designing growth to limit the amount of urban sprawl and preserve nature and usable farmland.
Redlining
a practice by which a financial institution, such as a bank, refuses to offer home loans on the basis of a neighborhood’s racial or ethnic makeup.
Regional planning
planning conducted at a regional scale that seeks to coordinate the development of housing, transportation, urban infrastructure, and economic activities
Slow-growth city
city where planners have used smart-growth policies to decrease the rate at which the city grows outward
Smart growth policy
policy implemented to create sustainable communities in pacing development in convenient locations and designing it to be more efficient and environmentally responsible
Traditional zoning
Zoning that creates separate zones based on land-use type or economic function, such as various categories of residential, commercial, or industrial.
Transportation-oriented development
Creation of dense, walkable, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use communities, centered around or located near a transit station.
Urban growth boundary
Boundary that separates urban land uses from rural land uses by limiting how far a city can expand.
Urban renewal
Nationwide movement that developed in the 1950s and 1960s when US cities were given massive federal grants to tear down and clear out crumbling neighborhoods and former industrial zones as a means of rebuilding their downtowns.
Walkability
Measure of how safe, convenient, and efficient it is to walk in an urban environment.
Zone of abandonment
Area that has been largely deserted due to lack of jobs, decline in land value, and falling demand.
Filtering
the process of neighborhood change in which housing vacated by more affluent groups passes down the income scale to lower-income groups
Greenbelt
a ring of parkland, agricultural land, or other type of open space maintained around an urban area to limit sprawl
Inclusionary zoning law
A law that creates affordable housing by offering incentives for developers to set aside a minimum percentage of new housing construction for low-income renters/buyers.
Land tenure
The legal rights as defined by a society, associated with owning land.
Mixed-use development (MUD)
A single planned development designed to include multiple uses, such as residential, retail, educational, recreational, industrial, and office spaces.
Mixed-use zoning
Zoning that permits multiple land uses in the same space or structure.
