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Unit 6 and 7 Flashcards

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Mixed-Use Development (MUD)

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single planned development designed to include multiple uses

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Transportation-Oriented Development

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dense, walkable, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use communities centered around or located near a transit station

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Smart-Growth Policies

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policies that aim to create sustainable communities by placing development in convenient locations and designing it to be more efficient and environmentally responsible

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New Urbanism

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an urban design movement that promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating walkable neighbourhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types

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Slow Growth Cities

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Cities slow the pace of development to retain sense of place and preserve open space.

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Blockbusting

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When real estate agents would stir up concern that African-American families would soon move into a neighborhood to convince White property owners to sell their houses at below-market prices

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Redlining

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When a lending institution refuses to offer home loans on the basis of a neighborhood’s racial or ethnic makeup

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Filtering

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A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner to abandonment

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Zones of Abandonment

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Urban areas that do not have residential or commercial structures

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Eminent Domain

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The power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use

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Urban area

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The region surrounding a city

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Metropolitan area

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

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Urban sprawl

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Urban areas expand in an unplanned and uncontrolled way.

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Edge city

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A city that is located on the outskirts of a larger city

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Boomburg

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A suburb that has grown rapidly into a large, sprawling city with 100,000+ residents.

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Exurb

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A fast-growing community outside or on the edge of a metropolitan area.

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Infill

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Redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas that are already served by transportation and other public infrastructure

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Range

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The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

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Threshold

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the minimum number of people required to support the service

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Megacity

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A metropolitan area with a population of more than 10 million people.

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Metacity

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A metropolitan area with a population of more than 20 million

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Agglomeration

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The tendency of enterprises in the same industry to cluster in the same area

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Break-of-Bulk Point

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Location where it is more economical to break raw materials into smaller units before shipping them further

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Bulk-Reducing industry

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Industry in which the raw materials cost more to transport than the finished goods

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Bulk-Gaining Industry
Industry in which the finished goods cost more to transport than the raw materials
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Dual economies
Economies with two distinct distributions of economic activity across the economic sectors
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The total value of the goods and services produced by the countries citizens and companies within the country in a year
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Industrial revolution
The radical change in manufacturing methods that began on Great Britain in the mid-18th century and was marked by the shift from small-scale hand-crafted, muscle-powered production to power-driven mass production
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Least-cost Theory
Industrial location theory proposed by Alfred Weber suggesting that businesses locate their facilities in a particular place because that location minimizes the costs of production
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Primary sector
Economic sector associated with removing or harvesting products from the Earth; includes agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining or quarrying, and extracting liquids or gas
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Quaternary sector
Economic sector that is a subset of tertiary sector activities that requires workers to process and handle information and environmental technology
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Quinary sector
Economic sector that is the subset of the Quaternary sector: involves the very top leaders in government, science, universities, nonprofits, health care, culture, and media
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Raw Materials
any metals, wood, or other plant products, animal products, or other substances that are used to make intermediate or finished goods
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Secondary Sector
economic sector associated with the production of goods from raw materials, includes manufacturing, processing, and construction
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Tertiary sector
economic sector that includes a host of activities that involve the transport, storage, marketing, and selling of goods or services; also called the service sector
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Commodity dependence
an aspect of dependency theory that occurs when more than 60% of a countries export's and economic health are tied to one or two resources
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Dependency theory
a theory that describes the development challenges and limitations faced by poorer countries and the political and economic relationships poorer countries have with richer countries
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Formal sector
businesses, enterprises, and other economic activities that have government supervision, monitoring, and protection, and are also taxed.
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Gender Development Index (GDI)
a measure that calculates gender disparity in the three basic dimensions of human development: health, knowledge, and standard of living
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Gender Inequality Index (GII)
a measure that calculates Inequality based on three categories: reproductive health, empowerment, and labor-market participation
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Gross National Income (GNI)
the total value of goods and services globally produced by a country in a year divided by the country's population
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Gross National Product (GNP)
the total value of goods and services produced by a country's citizens and companies both domestically and internationally in a year
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Human Development Index (HDI)
a measure that determines the overall development of a country by incorporating three key dimensions of human development: life expectancy at birth, access to education measured in expected and mean years of schooling, and standard of living measured by GNI per capita
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Informal sector
any part of a country's economy that is outside of government monitoring or regulation; sometimes called the informal economy
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Labor-Market Participation (LMP)
rate the measures an economy's active labor force, calculated by taking the sum of all employed workers divided by the working age population
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Microloan
A very small short-term loan with low interest intended to help people in need.
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Export Processing Zone (EPZ)
An area within a country that is subject to more favorable regulations (usually including the elimination of tariffs) to encourage foreign investments and the manufacturing of goods for export.
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Fordism
A highly organized and specialized system for industrial production that focuses on efficiency and productivity in mass production; named after Henry Ford
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Free Trade Zone (FTZ)
A relatively large geographical area within a country in which businesses pay few or no tariffs on good to encourage or facilitate its role in international trade.
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Just-in-Time Delivery
A system in which gods are delivered as needed so that companies keep in inventory only what is needed for near-term production.
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Multiplier Effect
The economic effect in which a change creates a larger change, such as when a new manufacturing plant grows the economy by giving rise to more related jobs and services.
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Neoliberalism
Beliefs that favor free-market capitalism in which trade has no constraints from government.
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Offshore Outsourcing
The condition when one or more aspects of production moves to an organization in another country.
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Post-fordism
System focused on small-scale batched production for a specialized market and flexibility that allows for a quick response to changes in the market.
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Special Economic Zone (SPZ)
An area within a country that offers more favorable economic regulations (such as tax benefits or no tariffs) to attract foreign businesses.

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