Urbanization Flashcards
What is a City?
A city is a human settlement that is not involved in agriculture.
What is Urbanization?
Urbanization is the concentration of people into cities.
When did the majority of people start to live in cities?
In the 21st century.
What are Truck crops?
Crops that are preferred fresh and spoil and bruise easily.
What is a Megalopolis?
A huge collection of cities into a very large area.
What are the functions or activities of a city?
Manufacturing, retail/commercial (selling things), warehouse/distribution, transportation (people and items) government, entertainment, and education.
What is Concentric Ring Theory?
The idea that the most popular and wanted things will be closer to the center of the city.
What is a Sector?
A portion of a city that specializes in a certain work or activity.
The process of concentrating people in cities is called ___.
Urbanization.
