6.6 (Pgs. 403-405)

Question 1

Zoning Ordinance

Answer 1

Regulations that define how property in specific geographic regions may be used.

Question 2

Urban Planning

Answer 2

A process of promoting growth and controlling change in land use.

Question 3

Residential Density Gradient

Answer 3

The variation that states that as one moves farther from the inner city, population and housing-unit density declines, and types of housing change.

Question 4

^McMansion

Answer 4

These new large homes that were created in the spots of torn-down existing homes.

Question 5

Filtering

Answer 5

Houses pass from one social group to another.

Question 6

Invasion and Succession

Answer 6

Refers to the process by which one social or ethnic group gradually replaces another through filtering.

Question 7

Urban Infill

Answer 7

The process of increasing the residential density of an area by replacing open space and vacant housing with residences.

Question 8

^ Bix-Box Retail Stores

Answer 8

Have been successful. These have been one of the things that have benefited from the increase in the number and size of businesses in suburbs.

Question 9

Suburbanization of Business

Answer 9

The movement of commerce out of cities to suburbs where rents are cheaper and commutes for employees are shorter.

Question 10

^ The difference in residential land use outside vs. inside the US

Answer 10

Outside, the residential density gradient does not usually run from higher to lower the farther one goes from the CBD. The centers of cities contain many historical structures, and population densities are fairly low. Inside, there are single-family houses and lower densities.