APHG Unit 6 List 3

de facto segregation

Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.

blockbusting

Illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell their properties by telling them that a certain people of a certain race, national origin or religion are moving into the area

urban sprawl

the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.

leapfrogging

developers purchase land outside the periphery of a city to build more bedroom communities

greenbelts

rings of open space where houses may not be built, common in European cities

smart growth

Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland.

New Urbanism

A movement in urban planning to promote mixed land use commercial and residential development and pedestrian friendly, community orientated cities. New urbanism is a reaction to the sprawling, automobile centered cities of the mid twentieth century.

mixed land use

More than one type of zoning, such as a condominium that has residential and commercial units.

Infilling

the use of vacant land and property within a built-up area for further construction or development

Site

The physical character of place; what is found at the location and why it is significant

Situation

location of a place relative to other places and human activities

social satisfaction

the division of society into groups arranged in a social-economic hierarchy

urban hierarchy

A ranking of settlements according to their size and economic functions.

NIMBY

Not In My Backyard attitude. People don't want things like landfills to be put where they live.

urban heat island

In large cities, expanses of paved surfaces, particularly asphalt, absorbs heat during day and radiates heat at night. Sparse vegetation and paved surfaces increase rain runoff, furthering reducing cooling effects

Metacity

A conurbation with more than 20 million people

Boomburbs

rapidly growing city that remains essentially suburban in character even as it reaches populations more typical of a large city

Transit-oriented development (TOD)

Development that attempts to focus dense residential and retail development around stops for public transportation, a component of smart growth.

urban infrastructure

includes roads, bridges, parking spaces, transit systems, communications systems, power lines, gas lines, street lighting, water mains, sewers and drains; many of these types of infrastructure have experienced neglect due to increased fiscal instability resulting from "fiscal squeeze"

Bid rent theory

geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District (CBD) increases.

Forward Capital

a symbolically relocated capital city usually because of either economic or strategic reasons (ex: Brasilia, Naypyidaw, Abuja, Nur-Sultan)