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Urbanization Flashcards

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CBD

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Central business district; has businesses and the tallest buildings

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Synekism

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

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Urban

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

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City

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

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First urban revolution

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

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Secondary hearth

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

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Acropolis

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High point of the city

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Agora

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Marketplace

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Site

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Absolute location-where?

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Situation

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Relative location-what is it by?

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Urban morphology

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Layout of a city

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Functional zonation

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Division of a city into certain regions for certain purposes

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Forum

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Focal point of ancient roman life combining agora and acropolis

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Trade area

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An adjacent region within which its influence is dominant

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Rank-size rule

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Population of a city is proportional to its hierarchical rank

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Primate city

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A country’s largest city usually the capital

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Central place theory

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

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Central city

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Urban city, not suburban, original city surrounded by suburbs

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Suburb

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A subsidiary urban area connected to the central city

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Suburbanization

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

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Mega city

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High population and migration city in the developing world

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Disamenity sector

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Poorest part of a city

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Zoning laws

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

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Redlining

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Refusing loans to risky neighborhoods

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Blockbusting

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Rapid change in the racial components of residential areas

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Commercialization

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Transformation to attractive economy for residents and tourists

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Gentrification

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Rehabilitation of abandoned houses

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Teardowns

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

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Urban sprawl

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Unrestricted growth

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New urbanism

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Development to create walkable neighborhoods, jobs, etc.

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Gated communities

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Fenced neighborhoods to create safety and increase housing value

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Informal economy

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Economy not taxed and does not count in gross national income

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Spaces of consumption

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Areas to encourage people to consume goods and services

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Shantytowns

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Slum unplanned development with only shelters

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5 urban hearths

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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

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Greece

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

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Rome

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Largest urban system with extensive transportation and slaves

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Asian city model

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Triangular with port at the point

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Latin American city model

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Circular city with spine running down the middle

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Concentric zone model

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5 circles

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Sector model

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Circle divided into sections

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Multi-nuclei model

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Squared jumbled together

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African model

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Circle with the three sections of the cbd

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