Metropolitan Studies - Exam 1

What is the concept Metropolitan

Cities and the surrounding suburbs

Filtering

High to Lower $

Gentrification

Lower to Higher $

What is the Burgess Model

The high class people move up the economic ladder the further they move from the city

What is the grid system

How streets are laid out

What is the radius of walkable city

2 miles

What is a Slum

a street, alley, or court that is in a high populated and poor area

What does CBD stand for

Central Business District

Where is the Central Business District located

Downtown

What is the Bid Rent Curve

The further you are from downtown the lower the price of rent

Manifest Function

Official/Visible

Latent

Unintended/Hidden

Urbanization

The process when a proportion of the population becomes greater in cities than rural areas

Industrialization

the process of shifting from an economy based on manual labor and agriculture to one centered on machine-based manufacturing and mass production.

Where did industrialization start?

West Europe and North America

What are some examples of Core/Rich developed countries

North America, Western Europe, Japan

What are some examples of Peripheral/Poor developing countries

Asia, Africa, Latin America

Why do bigger countries and companies rely on third world countries

Cheap labor

Who was involved in the triangle trade

Europe, Africa, and Americas/Caribbean