Vocab 7.1 Flashcards
urbanization
the process of developing towns and cities
percent urban
percent of people already living in cities
site
refers to the physical characteristics of a place
situation
refers to the location of a place relative to its surroundings
urban area
Cities with high concentrations of people
metropolitan (metro) area
way to define a city, consists of at least 50,000 people
Borchert’s transportation model
describe urban growth based on transportation technology
urban sprawl/suburban sprawl
as cities grow, they spread out (unrestricted growth in many urban areas)
suburbanization
the process of people moving to residential areas on the outskirts of cities
edge cities
a large concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment on the outskirts of a city
exurbs
communities beyond the traditional suburb
boomburbs
suburb (or exurb) that is growing so rapidly it begins to approach the population of the core city itself
megacities
a metro area with a population over 10 million
metacities
a metro area with a population over 20 million
megalopolis
In early 1900s describes a chain of connected cities
world city (global city)
a city that exerts influence far beyond its boundaries
primate city
a city in a country that is at least twice the population of the country’s next largest city
rank-size rule
the concept that the nth largest city is 1/n the size of the country’s largest city
gravity model
based on distance-decay principle, based on population size, and absolute distance
Christaller’s central place theory
Central place where people go to receive goods and services, Each central place is surrounded by market area
central place
cities, towns, villages
market area
zone that contains people who will purchase goods or services
threshold
the size of the population necessary for any particular service to exist and remain profitable
range
the distance people will travel to obtain goods or services
