Geography - 1.2 Changing Urban Systems

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Natural Increase

Considered to be a major driver of urbanization in many industrializing countries.

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Urbanization

The process whereby populations move from rural to urban areas, enabling cities and towns to grow.

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Gentrification

Rebuilding or renovation of houses and buildings in a typically urban, low

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Central

Place Theory

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Suburbanization

The movement of typically wealthy individuals to the outskirts of the city.

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Reurbanization

A movement of wealthy and/or more youthful individuals back into inner city areas.

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Counterurbanization/De

urbanization

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Index of Economic Development

Shows rural

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Urban Renewal & Regeneration

The revitalization and redevelopment of inner city industrialized areas.

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Urban Sprawl

Uncontrolled expansion of urban areas influenced by land size/hospitable areas, pull factors, governance/land use changes, and land ownership.

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Centrifugal Movement

The outward movement of people from the city center to the suburbs and surrounding countryside.

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Redlining

Discriminatory practice in which a mortgage lender denies loans or an insurance provider restricts services to certain areas of a community.

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Van den Berg Model of Core

Periphery Change

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FUR

Rural

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Growth Regimes under Resource Constraints

The three stages in urban dynamics under resource accessibility constraints.

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Place

Places can be identified at a variety of scales, from local territories to the national or state level.

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Processes

Human or physical mechanisms of change, such as migration or weathering, operating on varying timescales.

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Structured Response Questions

Questions worth 6 marks or fewer.

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Extended Response Questions

Questions worth 10 marks or more.

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Cultural Diversity

Places can be compared according to their cultural or physical diversity or disparities in wealth or resource endowment.

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Spatial Interactions

Considered interactions between places that may be real or perceived.

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Gentrification Effects

Changes the culture of a place, for better or for worse, and improves business within the area.

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Anti

gentrifiers

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Pull Factors

Attractions drawing people to urban areas.

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Push Factors

Conditions driving people away from rural areas.

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Kolkata Urbanization

Natural population increase due to urban migration.

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Suburbia Growth

Post

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GI Bill

Legislation providing home loans to veterans.

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Levittown

Mass

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White Flight

Migration of whites from urban to suburban areas.

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Gentrification in Seoul

Increased property prices due to mass tourism.

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Commercialization

Transformation of areas to attract tourists.

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Suburbanization USA (1945

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Counter

Urbanization

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Metropolitan Poor

Low

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Cultural Landscapes

Unique local characteristics of urban areas.

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Gentrification in Paris

Rising property prices displacing long

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Suburbanization UK (1950s)

Post

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East European Suburbanization

Delayed growth post

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Infrastructure Expansion

Development of transport links connecting suburbs to cities.

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Displacement

Forced relocation of residents due to urban changes.

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Rural Job Insecurity

Low

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Urban Renovation

Restoration of buildings to improve urban conditions.

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Social Mixing

Interaction between low

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Suburbanization Rates

Influenced by housing affordability and regulations.

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Van den Berg Model

Describes core

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Urban System Decrease

Population shifts from rural areas to suburbs.

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Urban Lifestyle Drive

Desire to leave urban living conditions.

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Middle

Class Suburbanization

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Suburban Communities

Built to isolate from drug war violence.

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Government

Driven Decentralization

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Suburban Satellite Towns

Government

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Market

Driven Suburbanization

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Infrastructure Growth in Lagos

High

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Public Transport Limitations

Access restricted to major roads in cities.

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Private Infrastructure Projects

Road expansions and transportation by private companies.

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Water Supply Demands

Met by companies like Iju and Adiyan Waterworks.

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Eko Atlantic

Privately funded coastal city project in Lagos.

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Eko Atlantic Opportunities

Provides jobs and services, protects coastline.

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Eko Atlantic Concerns

Increases pressure on neighboring communities.

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Power in Geography

Ability to influence change at various scales.

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Possibilities in Geography

Alternative futures modeled by geographers.

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Equity and Security

Gained or lost through powerful interactions.

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