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Urban Area
A geographic area with a high population density and infrastructure of built environments.
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Urbanization
The process by which rural areas develop into urban areas, with increasing population and infrastructure.
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Central Business District (CBD)
The commercial and business center of a city, often characterized by high-density development and tall buildings.
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Threshold
The minimum number of people required to support a particular service or business.
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Range
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.
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Gentrification
The process of renovating and improving a district so that it conforms to middle-class taste, often displacing lower-income residents.
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Megacity
A very large city with a population of over 10 million people.
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Forward Capital
A symbolically relocated capital city, often to promote economic development or political power in a particular area.
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Edge City
A significant concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside the traditional downtown area in what had previously been a suburban residential or rural area.
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Suburbanization
The process of population movement from within cities to the rural-urban fringe.
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Metacity
A city with a population of over 20 million people.
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Rank Size Rule
A pattern of settlements in a country, such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
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Primate City Rule
A pattern of settlements in a country where the largest city has more than twice the population of the second largest city.
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Urban Renewal
The redevelopment of areas within a large city, typically involving the clearance of slums.
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Megalopolis
A very large, heavily populated urban complex, often formed by the merging of multiple cities and their suburbs.
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Squatter Settlement
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent.
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Slum Upgrading
Improving the conditions of slum areas by providing basic services, legalizing land, and other improvements.
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World City
A city that serves as an important node in the global economic system, often with significant influence in finance, politics, culture, and trade.
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New Urbanism
An urban design movement promoting walkable neighborhoods with a range of housing and job types.
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Urban Sprawl
The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.
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Commercial Land
Land designated for business activities, including retail, office, and service industries.
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Residential Land
Land designated for housing.
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Central Place Theory
A theory that seeks to explain the number, size, and location of human settlements in an urban system.
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Agglomeration
The clustering of productive activities and people for mutual advantage.
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White Flight
The phenomenon of white people moving out of urban areas, particularly those with significant minority populations, and into suburban areas.
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Redlining
The discriminatory practice of denying services, typically financial, to residents of certain areas based on their race or ethnicity.
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