Chapter 15 Vocab APHUG

Chapter 15 vocab for AP Human Geography from Unit 6

Urban Area

A city and its surrounding suburbs.

Metropolitan Area

A city and the surrounding areas that are influenced economically and culturally by the city.

Urban Sprawl

Areas of poorly planned, low-density development surrounding a city.

Edge City

A type of community located on the outskirts of a larger city with commerical centers with office space, retail complexes, an other amenities typical of an urban center.

Boomburg

A suburb that has grown rapidly into a large sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents.

Exurb

A typically fast-growing community oustide of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where the residents and community are closely connected to the central city and suburbs.

Infill

Redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas.

Rank-Size Rule

Explanation of size and cities within a country; states that the second-largest city will be ½ the size of the largest, and the third largest will be 1/3 the size of the largest, and so on.

Primate City

The largest city in a country, which far exceeds the next city in population size and importance.

Central Place Theory

A theory used to describe the spatial relationship between cities and their surrounding communities.

Threshold

In central place theory, the # of people needed to support a business.

Range

In central place theory, the distance that someone is willing to travel for a good or service.

Megacity

A city with a population of more than 10 million.

Metacity

A city with a population of more than 20 million.

World Cities

A city that wields political, cultural, and economic influence on a global scale.