Unit 6 Vocabulary 1

Slow-growth cities

A city that changes its zoning laws to decrease the rate at which the city spreads horizontally, with the goal of avoiding the negative affects of sprawl

Suburban Sprawl

The rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns, often characterized by low-density residential housing, single-use zoning, and increased reliance on the private automobile for transportation. The growth of cities outside the major suburban areas

Megacities

Metropolitan areas with population of 10 million or more

Metacities

Metropolitan areas with population of 20 million

Suburbanization

The process of people moving, usually from cities, to residential areas on the outskirts of cities.

Edge City

Community located on the CORNER/ outskirts of a larger city with commercial centers, office space, retail complexes & amenities typically found in an urban center.

Boomburbs

Suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents

Exurbs

Community on the outside edge of traditional suburbs “exurban” More RURAL and UPPER-CLASS

World City

Large cities that exert global economic, cultural & political influence

Site

Climate, landforms, availability of water, soil fertility, and other physical factors

Situation

connection between sites, the relative location often dictates the function of the city

Christaller's Central Place Theory

model that illustrates the hierarchical spatial patterns/ order of cities and settlements CENTRAL CBD

Gravity Model

model that illustrates the spatial relationships/ amount of interaction between locations of different sizes- flows of people, trade, traffic, communication, etc.

Periphery

includes least developed countries- has high percentage of jobs in low-skill, labor-intensive production and extraction of raw materials. provides inexpensive inexpensive raw materials, labor, and agricultural production to other countries

Primate City

A country’s largest city

model that illustrates disproportionate population distribution within a state.

Range

The distance that someone is willing to travel for a good or service

Rank-Size Rule

Model that illustrates the relationship between population distribution in cities that are interconnected in the urban hierarchy. Typically indicates somewhat even development

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Semi-Periphery

Includes the middle-income countries

-provides the core with manufactured goods and services that the core once provided for itself, but no longer does

Threshold

The minimum number of people needed to support a certain good or service

Urban Hierarchy

Different cities have different functions within the systems with larger, more influential cities landing higher on the hierarchy, while cities with smaller populations and economies fall lower on the hierarchy

Urbanization

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

Burgess Concentric-Zone Model

based on the development of Chicago in the 1920s. concentric rings are used to classify each type of land use pattern.

Harris and Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model

cities develop around multiple focal points and build outwards to create a functional region. site and situational factors influence land-use patterns. MULTIPLE CBDS

Hoyt Sector Model

based on improving the concentric zone model. use of sectors/wedges to classify each type of land use pattern.

Galactic City Model

most modern; developed in the 1980s. focuses on the decentralization and suburbanization of urban environments. Based American cities

Infilling

Redevelopment of vacant land to improve the surrounding area