Urbanization

Question 1

CBD

Answer 1

Central business district; has businesses and the tallest buildings

Question 2

Synekism

Answer 2

The possibility of change that results from people living together in a city

Question 3

Urban

Answer 3

The entire built up non rural area and it’s population

Question 4

City

Answer 4

Conglomeration of people and buildings that serve as the center of politics,culture, and economics

Question 5

First urban revolution

Answer 5

Innovation of the city which occurred independently in 5 hearths(seeds)

Question 6

Secondary hearth

Answer 6

Early adopter of cultural practice or trait that becomes a hearth and from there it diffuses

Question 7

Acropolis

Answer 7

High point of the city

Question 8

Agora

Answer 8

Marketplace

Question 9

Site

Answer 9

Absolute location-where?

Question 10

Situation

Answer 10

Relative location-what is it by?

Question 11

Urban morphology

Answer 11

Layout of a city

Question 12

Functional zonation

Answer 12

Division of a city into certain regions for certain purposes

Question 13

Forum

Answer 13

Focal point of ancient roman life combining agora and acropolis

Question 14

Trade area

Answer 14

An adjacent region within which its influence is dominant

Question 15

Rank-size rule

Answer 15

Population of a city is proportional to its hierarchical rank

Question 16

Primate city

Answer 16

A country’s largest city usually the capital

Question 17

Central place theory

Answer 17

A way to keep services equidistant from everything(spatial arrangement)

Question 18

Central city

Answer 18

Urban city, not suburban, original city surrounded by suburbs

Question 19

Suburb

Answer 19

A subsidiary urban area connected to the central city

Question 20

Suburbanization

Answer 20

Movement of upper and middle class people moving away from the center of the city to escape pollution

Question 21

Mega city

Answer 21

High population and migration city in the developing world

Question 22

Disamenity sector

Answer 22

Poorest part of a city

Question 23

Zoning laws

Answer 23

Determine what types of buildings or activities can take place in certain areas

Question 24

Redlining

Answer 24

Refusing loans to risky neighborhoods

Question 25

Blockbusting

Answer 25

Rapid change in the racial components of residential areas

Question 26

Commercialization

Answer 26

Transformation to attractive economy for residents and tourists

Question 27

Gentrification

Answer 27

Rehabilitation of abandoned houses

Question 28

Teardowns

Answer 28

Houses bought to be torn down and build McMansions in its place

Question 29

Urban sprawl

Answer 29

Unrestricted growth

Question 30

New urbanism

Answer 30

Development to create walkable neighborhoods, jobs, etc.

Question 31

Gated communities

Answer 31

Fenced neighborhoods to create safety and increase housing value

Question 32

Informal economy

Answer 32

Economy not taxed and does not count in gross national income

Question 33

Spaces of consumption

Answer 33

Areas to encourage people to consume goods and services

Question 34

Shantytowns

Answer 34

Slum unplanned development with only shelters

Question 35

5 urban hearths

Answer 35

Mesopotamia Nile river valley- massive structures but no walk around the city Indus River valley Huange and wei river valley- centered on vertical structure with inner wall for leadership class Mesoamerica-mostly religious centers

Question 36

Greece

Answer 36

500 BC, 500 cities connected by trade routes, poor conditions, agora and acropolis

Question 37

Rome

Answer 37

Largest urban system with extensive transportation and slaves

Question 38

Asian city model

Answer 38

Triangular with port at the point

Question 39

Latin American city model

Answer 39

Circular city with spine running down the middle

Question 40

Concentric zone model

Answer 40

5 circles

Question 41

Sector model

Answer 41

Circle divided into sections

Question 42

Multi-nuclei model

Answer 42

Squared jumbled together

Question 43

African model

Answer 43

Circle with the three sections of the cbd