A city and the surrounding areas that are influenced economically and culturally by the city
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Urban sprawl
Areas of poorly planned, low-density development surrounding a city
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Edge city
A type of community located on the outskirts of a larger city with commercial centers with office space, retail complexes, and other amenities typical of an urban center
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Boomburb
A suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents
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Exurb
A typically fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where the residents and community are closely connected to the central city and suburbs
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Infill
Redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
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Rank-size rule
Explanation of size of cities within a country; states the second-largest city will be one-half the size of the largest, the third largest will be one-third the size of the largest, and so on
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Primate City
The largest city in a country, which far exceeds the next city in population size and importance
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Central place theory
A theory used to describe the spatial relationship between cities and their surrounding communities
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Threshold
In central place theory, the number of people needed to support a certain good or service
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Range
In central place theory, the distance that someone is willing to travel for a good or service
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Megacity
A city with a population of more than 10 million
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Metacity
A city with a population of more than 20 million
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World city
A city that wields political, cultural, and economic influence on a global scale
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