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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
