unit 6

Question 1

mega city

Answer 1

city with a population over 10 million

Question 2

meta city

Answer 2

a city with a population over 20 million

Question 3

urban decentralization

Answer 3

movement where population beings to shift from core urban areas to peripheral suburban areas

Question 4

urban sprawl

Answer 4

unrestricted growth of an urban or suburban area into surrounding country side (tokyo)

Question 5

boombird

Answer 5

rapidly growing suburban area, still has the “suburban feel”

Question 6

exburd

Answer 6

settlements that existed outside a suburban area, remains connected to the metro area - has a low population density

Question 7

edge city

Answer 7

located on the outskirts of a city and has its own economic district; “self-sufficient”, still technically connected to the main city

Question 8

world city

Answer 8

major city that can impact the world as a whole (london, paris, new york, tokyo)

Question 9

primate city

Answer 9

city that have a population more that twice the size of the following city

Question 10

rank size rule

Answer 10

population of a settlement ranked “n” will be 1/n the size of the largest settlement

Question 11

gravity model

Answer 11

the larger the city, the larger the pull factor of migration is

Question 12

central place theory

Answer 12

threshold: minimum number of people required to support whats being done
range: largest amount of distance people will travel for the good

the specialized a good or service is, the larger the range and threshold is

Question 14

density gradient

Answer 14

gradual change in density as you move from core to periphery of the city

Question 15

high density

Answer 15

reliance on public transportation, closer to goods and services, access to things quicker, access to tax dollars, unique cultural landscape
if city planning is bad, high density can cause issues like food desert, economic inequality, disamentity, increase crime rate, decrease in services

Question 16

medium density

Answer 16

buildings are shrinking size wise, multi or single family homes, small increase in distance from people to services

Question 17

low density

Answer 17

lots of space, drinking to get goods/services —> pollution , more green areas, lack of public transportation

Question 18

urban sustainability

Answer 18

specifically on urban environment that promotes sustainable enviormental, social and economic growth

Question 19

economic sustainability

Answer 19

do cities have economic growth thst is open to all residence?

Question 20

social sustainability

Answer 20

are people having equal opportunities to succeed

Question 21

enviormental sustainability

Answer 21

people (carrying capacity) in relation to the natural resources

Question 22

zoning

Answer 22

government regulation on how land can and cannot be used —> have a plan —> growth to promote sustainability

commercial (services), agricultural, residential, industrial

Question 23

municipalities

Answer 23

local gov’t units

Question 24

mixed land use areas

Answer 24

building that have different activities within

Question 25

walkable city

Answer 25

a city that has almost every good and service in walking distance done to promote sustainability

Question 26

transportation-oriented development

Answer 26

development that is oriented around transportation routes, strategically placed to prevent people from using cars (pollution)

Question 27

new urbanism

Answer 27

seeks to create compact and walkable cities that are sustainable and socially connected

Question 28

smart growth policies

Answer 28

addresses broader policies and focuses on managing urban development and efficient use of resources

Question 29

greenbelt

Answer 29

areas of land set aside for conservation or recreational activities, not building anything, typically found outside urban areas

Question 30

infilling

Answer 30

buildings that sew going to be build on a underdeveloped/vacant area more sustainable and increases density of area along with increasing goods and services for people in that area

Question 31

growth boundaries

Answer 31

boundaries made to prevent people from building infrastructure outside of it increase density of the city because you are restricted —> increase gentrification —> displacement of low income people

Question 32

smart city

Answer 32

city utilizing technology and data to reduce ineffiency

Question 33

brownfield

Answer 33

connected to redevelopment; abandoned property that is likely contaminated with hazardous pollutants

Question 34

post de facto segregation

Answer 34

segregation of people based on race, ethinicity, etc. that IS NOT officially put into place by the government (illegal)

Question 35

gentrification

Answer 35

cities make areas more modern to fit the needs of the wealthy —> forces out low income residence gets rid of cultural landscape and can lead to placelessness

Question 36

redlining

Answer 36

banks refuse loans to people living in certain areas (minorities) lead to generational wealth of the wealthy class people denied before it became illegal were poor after because they were in a less developed area where their houses couldn’t sell for much —> priced out economically from buying nicer houses

Question 37

block busting

Answer 37

discriminatory process were real estate sages to use misinformation against minorities movie in to motivate white home owners to sell thei houses at a lower price —> when the agents buy the house at a discounted rate, they resell it at a high price leads to white flight: whited in large groups migrate from urban —> suburban

Question 38

enviormental injustice

Answer 38

neighborhoods that disproportionately have more enviormental hazards (pollutants) governments/high officials put factories near poorer areas bc they don’t have enough money “fight back” —> polluting the environment —> increase of disease, lack of sanitation, etc.

Question 39

disamentity zone

Answer 39

an area that lacks sanitation —> increase crime and poverty —> leads to squatter settlements

Question 40

ecological footprints

Answer 40

amount of land and resources used to support a cities needs

Question 41

qualitative data

Answer 41

information being witnessed and described, not 100% factual and opinion based

Question 42

quantitative data

Answer 42

factual