Vocabs 61-70 Flashcards
Middle Eastern and Islamic Cities
shaped by the spread of Islam (Mosques)
- Often built with a citadel
Mosque
A gathering place for Islamic people found in the center of an area or city
Citadel
A fort designed to protect a city with walls, gates, and towers
Suqs
traditional outdoor markets or covered bazaars with more expensive shops or luxury items
Southeast Asia City Model
The focus of the city is often a former colonial port zone with government, commercial, and market gardening zones (aka McGee Model)
Residential Zone
Areas of a city devoted to where people live
Residential density gradient
as one moves farther from the inner city, population density declines along with the type and density of housing units
Zoning ordinances
regulations that define how property in specific geographical regions can be used (residential, commercial, and industrial)
Urban Planning
a process promoting growth and controlling change in land use
Invasion and succession
the process by which one social/ethnic group gradually replaces another through filtering