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rank-size rule
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the population of a city will be inversely proportional it’s rank in urban hierarchy
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primate city
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*(Mark Jefferson) a country’s leading cit, always disportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national capacity and feeling
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trade areas
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an adjacent region within which a city’s influence is dominant
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central place theory
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(Walter Christaller) predict where central places in urban hierarchy would be located
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hexagonal hinterlands
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a visual way to show geographical urban hierarchy
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functional zonation
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the division of the city into certain regions for certain purposes
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suburbanization
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the process by which lands that were previously outside the urban environment become urbanized as people move to these areas
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edge cities
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suburban downtowns
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galactic cities
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a complex urban area in which centrality of functions is no longer significant
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megacities
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large populations, geographically large, with strained or inadequate infrastructure
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Griffin-Ford model
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South American cities blend South American culture with forces of globalization
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shanty-towns
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unplanned developments of crude dwellings and shelters made mostly of scrap wood, iron, and pieces of cardboard
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disamenity sector
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very poorest parts of cities that (in extreme cases) are not connected to regular city services and are controlled by gangs and drug lords
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McGee Mode l
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(TG McGEE 1967) medium-sized cities land-use patterns
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zoning laws
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laws dividing cities and designate kinds of development allowed in each zone
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redlining
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(before the civil rights movement of 1960s) banks would refuse to offer loans to “risky neighborhoods” which typically meant “black neighborhoods”
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blockbusting
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realtors persuaded people to sell their homes because a black person moved in, so the neighborhood was going “downhill”
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commercialization
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making CBDs attractive to residents and tourists
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gentrification
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the rehabilitation of deteriorated houses in low-income neighborhoods
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teardowns
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houses bought to be torn-down and rebuilt
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McMansions
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new, supersized mansions
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urban sprawl
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unrestricted growth in housing, commercial developments, and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for urban planning
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new urbanism
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to counter urban sprawl, suburban reforms that create walkable neighborhoods with houses and jobs
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gated communities
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fenced-in neighborhoods with controlled access gates for people and cars
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urbanicide
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the deliberate killing of a city
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informal economy
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the economy that is not taxed and is not counted towards the country’s gross income
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World cities
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function at the global scale, beyond the reach of state borders, functioning as the service centers of the world economy
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spaces of consumption
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Areas of a city, the main purpose of which is to encourage people to consume goods and services' driven primarily by the global media industry.
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Central Business District (CBD)
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a concentration of business and commerce in the city’s downtown
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synekism -
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the conditions that derive from people dwelling in a place |
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urban
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built up space of the central city and suburbs
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city
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agglomeration of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics
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SEZ
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special economic zone
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agricultural village
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small, subsistence farming village of close-knit egalitarian citizens
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egalitarian
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regular sharing of goods
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agricultural surplus
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growth in food production
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social stratification
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separation of classes of people
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first urban revolution
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six independent hearths/ begining cities where people first became involved with economy outside of food
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secondary hearth
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diffused city from an original hearth
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acropolis
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high points in cities
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agora
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market
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site
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the absolute location of a city
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situation
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position in relation to surrounding context
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urban morphology
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layout of the city
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Forum
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combination of acropolis and agoras
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McMansions involve tear downs where the house is usually almost as large as the ________.
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estate |
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Mexico City and Paris are examples of _________ ___________.
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primate cities
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The core of a city is called _______________________________.
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Central Business District |
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Site refers to _______________________, while situation refers to _____________________.
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absolute location
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location in comparison to other places
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situtation |
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The most well known acropolis is the ____________________.
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Athens
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How do you determine cities according to the rank size rule?___________________________.
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Population in accordance to other cities' populations
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When does the rank size rule not apply?_____________________________________________.
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when the population of the largest city is less than one billion
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The purposes of gated communities:________________________________________________.
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to separate wealthy neighborhoods from poorer neighborhoods/ shantytowns
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Why are European cities not experiencing as great of an urban sprawl_____________________.
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because European cities have zoning laws in their cities
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_____________________develop along highways and do not have residential neighborhoods.
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.edge cities
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The closer to the CBD, the _________expensive the land.
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more
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What advantage does mass transit have over automobiles ____________________________.
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mass transit is more accessible to poorer citizens
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North America is most known for the ___________pattern with streets.
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grid |
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_____________________involves the refurbishing of neighborhoods. Positives and negatives:____________________________________________________________________
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gentrification
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In redlining, certain Black people __________________________________________________
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are refused loans to people in "risky neighborhoods"
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In certain neighborhoods, blockbusting contributed to ”______________________”
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white fight
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The “________________” has experienced high rates of growth. Why?____________________
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What are some reasons people locate to the sunbelt ___________________________________
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Job opportunities, warmer weather, etc. |
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What is urban morphology?______________________________________________________
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the layout of a city
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What is Rome’s greatest contribution?______________________________________
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Forum
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What area of the world is experiencing the fastest growth and is also the least developed_________________.
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Subsharren Africa |
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The overlapping of cities can lead to what is called a _____________________
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Megalopolis
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What two things define a primate city _____________________________________________
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country's leading city in population and commerce
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Favela is to Brazil as ________________ is to Mexico
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Jimdo
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The industrial revolution caused an increase in _______________________
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urbanization
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_____________is when existing homes are destroyed, and ______________is what are built in their place
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teardowns
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Where was the first urban hearth _____________________. Other hearth areas________________________________________________________.
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia Nile River Valley, Indus River Valley, Huang He, Wei Valleys, Mesoamerica, Peru |
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A _____________________is the smallest in the steps to reaching a city (village, town, hamlet, city).
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hamlet
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Areas near cities are called ______________________.
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subrurbs
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African cities have _______CBD’s. In what ways does it incorporate North American models?___________________________________________________________________.
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3 urban centers |
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__________________is the outermost ring in the concentric zone model and the model was made by ________________.
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Commuter Residental Earnest Burgess |
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The concentric zone model is centered on the shape of a ____________________.
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circle
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Name four assumptions of Christaller ________________________________________________
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few large places many small places large places farther apart small places closer together |
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What shape is associated with the Central Place Theory ________________. __________________ made the Central Place theory.
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Christaller |
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______________is the focal point of Asian cities
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ports |
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According to the multiple nuclei model, the _________________was losing its dominance. It is more relevant to _____________ cities.
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The word “hinterland” is associated with what model?______________________________
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Central Place Theory |
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__________________ made the sector model. According to the model, commuters from the outer edges commuted to _____________________.
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Homer Hoyt
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The newest model is the ______________________ and the CBD is not as relevant but is part of a greater metro area. What is a metro area?_________________________________________. What new term is incorporated in this model?________________________________________
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McGee Model
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In the Latin American model, a ___________ is in the center. What area are the gangs and drug lords located?____________________. Squatter settlements are located where?_________________________.
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CBD In between the middle class residential area |
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threshold
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number of customer needed to keep your business afloat_ |
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hinterland |
another word for trade area |
