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bid-rent theory
a geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district increases.
blockbusting
A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move.
central business district
main area in a city that houses all of the big businesses.
census tract
an area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published.
central place theory
in any given region there can only be one large central city, which is surrounded by a series of smaller cities, towns, and hamlets.
centrality
the strength of dominance of an urban center over its surrounding area.
colonial city
the process by which one nation exercises near complete control over another country which they have settled and taken over.
commuter zone
the outermost zone of the concentric zone model.
concentric zone model
a city that is described as a concentric zone model city will have a central business district which is surrounded by a series of rings with varying levels of development.
counterurbanization
the process by which a significant portion of the population of an urban center starts to migrate away from the city to live in suburbs or rural areas.
decentralization
the tendency of people or businesses and industry to locate outside the central city.
de-facto segregation
people are segregated into separate areas by fact rather than by law or policy.
dispersed settlement
a rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages.
edge city
an urban area with a large suburban residential and business area surrounding it.
ethnic neighborhood
concentrations of people from the same ethnicity in certain pockets of the city.
favela
a neighborhood in which the people who live in there and share physical, mental, and cultural traits.
female-headed household
a household dominated by a woman.
festival setting
a multi use redevelopment project that is built around a particular setting, often one with a historical association.
gentrification
the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents.
ghetto
a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.
globalization
the increasing connection of economic, cultural, and political characteristics across the world.
greenbelts
a ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area.
grid pattern
intersecting lines of longitude and latitude that determine absolute location on a map.
high, low, and medium-density housing
differentiation of densities in different living areas.
high-tech corridors
areas along or near major transportation arteries that are devoted to the research, development and sale of high-technology products.
hinterland
the outlying towns and small communities that rely on the central city for goods and services.
in-filling
informal sector
infrastructure
inner city
invasion and succession
livability
megacities
megalopolis/ conurbation
metropolitan area
mixed land-use
land used for both business and residential reasons
multiple nuclei model
new urbanism
nucleated
office park
peak land value intersection
planned communities
postindustrial city
postmodern urban design
primate city
rank-size rule
redlining
restrictive covenants
sector model
shantytown
site
situation
slow-growth city
slum
areas of extreme poverty in big cities
smart-growth policies
social stratification
sprawl
city/suburb that move/expand into outward land
suburb
community outside of a city
suburban downtown
suburbanization
making suburbs outside of cities
sustainability
use of resources without causing issues
transit-oriented development
underemployment
not enough workers
urban hierarchy
urban morphology
urban sprawl
cities expanding into periphery
urbanization
walkability
ability/room to walk in a city
world city
zone of transition
zoning laws/practices
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