Chapter 15 | Urban Settlements

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Urban area

A city and its surrounding suburbs

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Metropolitan area

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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