Unit 6 Vocabulary

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