unit 6

Question 1

boomburg

Answer 1

a suburb that has grown rapidly into 100,000+ residents

Question 2

borcherts epochs of transportation

Answer 2

1. sail-wagon (pre 1800)
2. iron horse (1800-1870)
3. steel rail (1870-1920)
4. auto-air-amenity (1920-1970)
5. satelite-electronic-jet propulsion (1970-now)

Question 3

Central Business District (CBD)

Answer 3

where most businesses are located in a city

Question 4

central place theory

Answer 4

a theory used to describe the spatial relationship between cities and their surrounding communities

Question 5

edge city

Answer 5

a community located on the outskirts of a larger city with commercial centers with office space, retail complexes, and other ammnenities typical of an urban center

Question 6

gravity model

Answer 6

a large city will have a greater than a small hamlet and will grow faster along with the cities around it

Question 7

megacity

Answer 7

more than 10 million peeps

Question 8

metacity

Answer 8

more than 20 million peeps

Question 9

metropolitan area

Answer 9

a city and the surrounding areas that are influenced economically and culturally by the city

Question 10

primate city

Answer 10

largest city in a country, by population size and importance

Question 11

rank-size rule

Answer 11

second biggest city is 1/2 of biggest, third is 1/3, and so on

Question 12

site factors for urbanization

Answer 12

the actual land the city was built on

Question 13

situation factors for urbanization

Answer 13

refers to the cities connections with other cities

Question 14

urban area

Answer 14

a city and its surrounding suburbs

Question 15

urbanization

Answer 15

the process of the development of dense concentrations of people into settlements

Question 16

world cities

Answer 16

a city that weilds political, cultural, and economic influence on a global scale

Question 17

bid-rent theory

Answer 17

the further you get from CBD, less $$, and vise versa

Question 18

burgess concentric model

Answer 18

1. cbd
2. transition zone
3. working class residential
4. better residence
5. commuters zone
   BID RENT and SINGLE CBD

Question 19

hoyt sector models

Answer 19

1. CBD
2. Transportation
3. low class residential
4. middle class residential
5. high class residential
   TRANSPORTATION and SINGLE CBD

Question 20

nodes

Answer 20

centers within a region

Question 21

lewis galactic city model

Answer 21

MULTIPLE NODES AND BELTWAY AND AIRPORT

Question 22

ford latin american city model

Answer 22

GENTRIFICATION, COLONIALISM, MARKET

Question 23

disamenity zones

Answer 23

high-poverty area in a disadvantaged location containing steep slopes, flood-prone ground, rail lines, landfills, or industry

Question 24

squatter settlements

Answer 24

an informal housing area with overcrowding and high poverty. Housing that was found or made from found materials

Question 25

deblij sub-saharan african city model

Answer 25

NEOCOLONIALSIM, AND MARKET/CBD

Question 26

mcgee southeast asian city model

Answer 26

PORT, COLONIALISM, AND TRADE

Question 27

urban zoning

Answer 27

the process of dividing a city or urban area into zones within which only certain land uses are permitted

Question 28

infrastructure

Answer 28

a framework that helps ensure that people have a high quality of life and can move from place to place

Question 29

government fragmentation

Answer 29

the division of a state or region into smaller, often competing political units, which can create instability and challenges to governance

Question 30

conurbation

Answer 30

when 2+ cities sprawl so much taht there is no rural space between the 2 and they merge

Question 31

blockbusting

Answer 31

real estate agents convince white people to move so black people cant buy the houses

Question 32

brownfeilds

Answer 32

abandoned and polluted industrial site in a central city or suburb

Question 33

de facto segregation

Answer 33

segregation that results from residential settlement patterns rather than from prejudicial laws

Question 34

ecological footprint

Answer 34

impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land reacquired to sustain the use of natural resources

Question 35

eminent domain

Answer 35

a governments right to take privately owned property for public use

Question 36

environmental injustice

Answer 36

ethnic minorities are forced to live in areas with higher air pollution or contaminated water due to de facto segregation

Question 37

filtering of urban residences

Answer 37

rich people move out of big house, landlord buys it and makes it into 4 apartment spaces, and now 4 families live on a space where only one did

Question 38

gentrification

Answer 38

redoing rundown parts of the city to fit suburban middle class intrests

Question 39

greenbelt

Answer 39

parks around cities to stop sprawl

Question 40

inclusionary zoning laws

Answer 40

a certain amount of housing in a city needs to be affordable fo low-class residents

Question 41

land tenure

Answer 41

lega rights with owning land

Question 42

mixed-use development of cities

Answer 42

multiple uses on the same area

Question 43

new urbanism

Answer 43

limit urban sprawl and preserve nature

Question 44

regional urban planning

Answer 44

regional sclae planning to coordinate the development of housing, urban infrastructure, and economic activities

Question 45

slow-growth cities

Answer 45

smart-growth policies to decrease the rate of sprawl

Question 46

slum

Answer 46

densly populated urban area with inadequate infrastructure and poor living conditions

Question 47

smart-growth policies

Answer 47

create sustainable communities and limit sprawl (greenbelts)

Question 48

traditonal zoning

Answer 48

single use land (suburbs of kc being mostly houses)

Question 49

urban renewal

Answer 49

movement in 1940-60s to gentrify us crumbling cities and downtowns

Question 50

zones of abandonment

Answer 50

largely deserted areas due to lack of jobs, declines in land value, and falling demand