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site factors
things that are located at a place (natural resources, climate, buildings)
situation factors
what surround a place/impact the development
reasons why a settlement changes
changes in transport, communication,
urban sprawl
the expansion of an urban/suburban area into the surrounding countryside
price ceiling
govt imposed limit on how much can be charged for a specific good or service
megacity
cities with more than 10 million residents
metacity
cities with more than 20 million residents
core countries
countries that have industrialized and have the most advanced economies
periphery countries
countries that still rely heavily on the exportation of raw resources and are less economically developed
semi-periphery countries
countries that have emerging economies and are industrializing
problems that occur with population growth
demand for freshwater, housing, food, electricity, increased use of sewer system, roads, public transport, growth rates/urbanization rates increasing at a point where they cant handle,
informal settlements
housing and residential areas that have been built without legal authorization (squatter settlements, slums, favelas)
what do informal settlements lack
sewer systems, water, electricity,
boomburb
a rapidly growing suburban city which has developed its own unique identity
exurbs
settlements that exist outside a suburban area but remains connected to the metro area (low pop. density, larger lot sizes, less goods/services)
where do exurbs get goods
nearby boomburbs/edge cities
edge city
settlement that has its own economic district and is located on the outskirts of a city/near belt or major highway. lower density. often have a high concentration of businesses/diff goods and services
urban decentralization
movement of a population away from an urban area’s traditional core to peripheral areas (results in power/money shifting more to peripheral areas)
world cities
cities that are connected to other cities around the world
primate city
city that has at least twice the population of the next largest city
rank-size rule
the population of a settlement will be ranked 1/n the size of the largest settlement
gravity model
larger a settlement is, more pull factors it has, more people migrate to settlement, more places interacting with it
central place theory
hexagons,
why does central place theory use hexagons
they dont overlap, and connect perfectly
threshold
minimum number of people required to support a service/good
range
maximum distance that a customer is willing to travel for a certain good/service
density gradient
a gradual change in the density of an urban area from the center to the periphery
socioeconomic stratification
differentiation of society into classes based on wealth, power, production or prestige
first urban revolution
agricultural and socioeconomic innovations that led to the rise of early cities
low density housing:
residential homes, lots of open space fewest people per geographic unit (Suburbs)
medium density housing
townhomes, single unit housing
high density housing
high rises, most people per unit (cities). Land is more expensive in these areas and causes people to be more crammed into smaller apartments
infilling
process by which population density in an urban center is increased by building on waste land or underused land
smart-growth policies
policies that seek to reduce urban sprawl + protect farmland around city (mixed use development, public transport, green areas)
greenbelt
an area of land set aside for conservational/recreational purposes
new urbanism
urban planning that seeks to create compact and walkable cities that are sustainable + socially connected
gentrification
the process of renovating/rebuilding an urban area causing lower-income residents to become displaced and more affluent residents to move into the area
slow-growth cities
areas that promote sustainable growth by limiting new development into the periphery of a city
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