urban geography Flashcards
(23 cards)
what is urbanization?
process where people move from rural areas to urban (city) areas
what is a central business district (CBD)?
a area in the city where all the businesses, offices, and high valued land are located
summarize agricultural and urban revolutions..
farming improvements = more food = more people in cities
industrialization boosts urbanization
what are trade areas?
region where businesses attract customers
what’s a hinterland?
small city that depends on bigger cities for goods and services (Support)
what is the central place theory?
idea that cities bigger cities have more services and smaller towns don’t
(smaller cities have target, bigger cities have Gucci bc its more higher end)
rank-size-rule
pattern where second largest city is 1/2 the size of the largest city, the third largest city is a 1/3 the size
primate city (keywords prim –> primary)
the biggest city in a country with economic, political, and cultural center (ex: Paris in France, mexico city in Mexico, NYC in new york state)
what are the pros and cons in primate cities?
pros - brings economic activity, culture, oppurtunities
cons -overcrowing (traffic jams, high cost living), urban sprawl, social ineqaulity)
what is suburbanization?
suburbanization - when people move from cities to the suburbs for bigger houses and more space, less noise/pollution, safer neighborhoods, better schools.
north American models:
-concentric
-sector model
-multiple nuclei model
-concentric is in rings center is CBD
-sector is in potato slices/wedges rich areas are outwards
-multiple nuclei have multiples centers of activities
edge cities
traditional city shopping centers, businesses, etc concentrated in outskirts of cities
problems with megacities (very large growing population)
too many people, too much traffic, pollution, poor infrastructure, crime
what is a Latin American city characteristic? mexico
CBD’s are usually located in the center, slums/poor areas are on the edges
what are shanty towns/ squatter settlements?
poor areas with little planning often built illegally
zoning laws
rules that decide where can be built where (residential, commercial, industrial zones)
cities with periphery vs core?
periphery - poorer side, lower class, core- richer -upperclass
red lining
banks that refuse to give loans in certain areas often in minority groups
blockbusting
real estate agents scare white homeowners into selling for cheap by saying minorities r moving in
what is gentrification and its pros and cons?
richer people moving into poorer areas and raising prices
pros: new businesses, better housing, safety improvements
cons: pushes out lower income residents
what is urban sprawl and the problems associated with them?
when cities spread out too much, it will cause traffic, pollution, and decrease in farmland
what is new urbanism?
movement to fix urban sprawl making cities walkable and community focused use as away to cure ills
