Unit 7 Flashcards
african city model
a model of urban structure that states many African cities have three CBDs (traditional, colonial, and market) because of their history of colonialism. outdated and many cities to do reflect this, but can still be seen in some.
southeast asian city model
a model of urban structure that states cities in southeast asia are centered around a port instead of a CBD due to colonial history in exporting
basic industry
good/services designed for people outside the city (car factory, tech support, airports)
non basic industry
goods/services designed for city residents (restaurants, grocery stores)
blockbusting
when real estate industries would encourage white people to sell their house for cheap (by telling them that the prices would drop when black families moved in), and then resell those houses for more money to black families
CBD
central business district, where a large amount of business is located
central place theory
describes where a business would located themselves within a city based on the type of produce/service
concentric zone model
has 5 rings showing how land is used, with the more expensive homes being on the outer rings and the cheaper homes and industrial parts located in the inner rigns
edge city
a concentration of business that develops in the suburbs outside a city’s traditional CBD
favelas
a type of slum in brazil that are the result of urban sprawl
filtering / filter process
the process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner to abandonment
galactic city model / peripheral model
explains how suburbanization and better transportation resulted in edge cities being created, with highways systems being built in between them
gentrification
when richer people or business buy an abandoned piece of land and renovate it
greenbelts
an area of green land (such as a park or forest) around a city to prevent sprawl
hierarchy of services
explains how there are low order services (salons, gas, fast food) that are more common and high order services (museums, festivals, high-end fashion) that are rarer
hierarchy of settlements
the order in settlements according to population and business
hamlet > village >town > city > megapolis
hinterland
the area around a city that travels to the city for certain services
infrastructure
the basic support systems that a city needs to survive (transportation, water, power, hospitals, school systems)
latin america city model
similar to sector and concentric models, but has a spine that goes from the CBD to a secondary urban center called the mall
megacity
a city with 10 mil+ people
metacity
a city with 20 mil + people
multiple nuclei model
a city structure model that describes how there are multiple nodes that form, instead of everything being centered around the CBD
new urbanism
the belief in limiting city expansion and preserving nature
primate city
the biggest city in a country that is significantly biggest than the next biggest city, usually due to that city taking the most economic priority in the past (ex: Paris, London, Budapest)
range
how far people are willing to travel in order to get to a good/service
rank-size rule
the idea that the population of a settlement with be inversely proportional to it’s rank in the urban hierarchy
redlining
a form of housing discrimination where places with predominately black households were labeled as “poorly developed,” and so banks would refuse to give home loans to them
squatter settlement
housing illegally established and roughly constructed
sector model
uses different sectors or wedges that expand out from the CBD, rather than rings
urban sprawl
when a city expands without any planning. leads to shantytowns and slums, poor infrastructure, and an increased use of pollution
threshold
how many people are needed to support a business
urban renewnal
federal government grants that allow abandoned plots of land to be redeveloped or modernized
world/global city
a city that is a major control center of the global economy (LA, Singapore, Sydney)
zone-in transition
an area in models of urban structure where there is a mix of industry and low income housing
zoning
an area that is marked specifically for development of a type of building (residential, industry, commercial, etc.)
