AMSCO AP Human Geography - Unit 6.6: Density & Land Use

zoning ordinances

regulations that define how property in specific geographic regions may be used

residential

where people live

commercial

where people and businesses sell goods and services

industrial

where businesses make things

urban planning

a process of promoting growth and controlling change in land use

inner city

residential areas surrounding the CBD

residential density gradient

as you move further from the inner city, population and housing-unit density declines, and the type of housing changes

filtering

the process of houses moving from one social group to another. Usually when wealthy people move out and less wealthy people move in

invasion and succession

the process by which one social or ethnic group replaces another group by filtering; sequent occupancy

urban infill

the process of increasing the residential density of an area by replacing open space and vacant housing with residencess

suburbanization of business

the movement of businesses out of cities to suburbs where rents are cheaper and commutes for employees are shorter