Chapter 13 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Legally adding land area to a city in United States
Annexation
An area delineated by the US Bureau of the census for which statistics are published in urban areas census tracts correspond roughly 2 neighborhoods
Census track
The area of the city where retail and office activities are clustered
Central business district
An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent Self governing unit
Central city
In the United States two or more contingenous core based statistical areas tied together by commute patterns
Combined statistical area
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are specially arranged in a series of rings
Concentric zone model
In the United States the collection of all metropolitan statistical areas and Micro Politan statistical areas
Core based statistical area
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
Density gradient
A note of the office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
Edge city
Model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by beltway or Ring Road
Galactic or peripheral model
A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low income render occupied area to a predominantly middle class owner occupied area
Gentrification
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and direct homemade structures
Informal settlement
A continuous urban complex in the north eastern United States
Megalopolis 
In the United States an urbanized area of at least 50,000 population the County within which the city is located and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the Central City
Metropolitan statistical area
And urbanized area between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants the county in which it is located and adjacent counties tied to the city
Micro Politan statistical area
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
Multiple nuclei model
Government owned housing rented to low income people
Public housing
The four consecutive 15 minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
Rush-hour
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors or wedges radiating out of it in the central business district
Sector model
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
Smart growth
Statistical analysis used to identify where people of Simo living standards ethnic backgrounds and lifestyle live within an urban area
Social area analysis
The development of new housing sites at relatively low density and out locations that are not contingent to the existing built up area
Sprawl
Residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the Central City
Suburb
A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic disadvantages
Underclass
