Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land Use Flashcards
(40 cards)
megacity
over 10 million people by population
metacity
over 20 million people by population
urbanization
increase in the percentage of and the number of people living in urban areas
urban sprawl
the rapid spread of development outward from the inner city
suburbanization
people moving from cities to residential areas on the outskirts of cities
edge city/galactic city
nodes of economic activity developed in the periphery of large cities
exurb
a more rural area outside a suburban area
boomburb
suburban city growing at a very fast rate, still maintains suburban feel
world ciy
city that has an influence on the world
NYC, London, Tokyo
forward capital
rank-size rule
the nth largest city in a state will be 1/nth the size of the state’s largest city
gravity model
the amount of pull a city has on people is proportional to the size of the city
christaller’s central place theory
(burgess’) concentric zone model
(hoyt’s) periphery model
(griffen-ford) latin american model
(ullman & harris’) multiple nuclei model
(herris’) periphery model
sub-saharan africa city model
population density
se asia city model
urban sustainability
infrastructure
mixed land use
