Unit 6 AP Human Geo Vocab

a city and its surrounding suburbs

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

areas of poorly planned, low-density development surrounding a city

a type of community located on the outskirts of a larger city with commercial centers with office space, retail complexes, and other amenities typical of an urban center

a suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents

a typically fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where the residents and community are closely connected to the central city and suburbs

redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas

explanation of size of cities within a country; states the second-largest city will be one-half the size of the largest, the third largest will be one-third the size of the largest, and so on

the largest city in a country, which far exceeds the next city in population size and importance

a theory used to describe the spatial relationship between cities and their surrounding communities

In central place theory, the number of people required to support a business

in central-place theory, the distance that someone is willing to travel for a good or service

a city with a population of more than 10 million

a city with a population of more than 20 million

a city that wields political, cultural, and economic influence on a global scale

a model of urban development depicting a city growing outward from a central business district in a series of concentric rings

a model of urban development depicting a city with wedge-shaped sectors and divisions emanating from the central business district, generally along transit routes

a model of urban development depicting a city where growth occurs around the progressive integration of multiple nodes, not around one central business district

a model of urban development depicting a city where economic activity has moved from the central business district toward loose coalitions of other urban areas and suburbs; also known as the peripheral model

a model of urban development depicting a city with a central business district, concentric rings, and sections stricken by poverty; also known as the Griffin-Ford model

a high-poverty urban area in a disadvantaged location containing steep slopes, flood-prone ground, rail lines, landfills, or industry

an informal housing area beset with overcrowding and poverty that features temporary homes often made of wood scraps or metal sheeting

a model of urban development depicting a city with three central business districts, growing outward in a series of concentric rings

a model of urban development depicting a city oriented around a port and lacking a formal central business district, growing outward in concentric rings and along multiple nodes

the process of dividing a city or urban area into zones within which only certain land uses are permitted

the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.

a single planned development designed to include multiple uses, such as residential, retail, educational, recreational, industrial, and office spaces

a measure of how safe, convenient, and efficient it is to walk in an urban environment

policy implemented to create sustainable communities by placing development in convenient locations and designing it to be more efficient and environmentally responsible

zoning that permits multiple land uses in the same space or structure

zoning that creates separate zones based on land-use type or economic function such as various categories of residential (low-, medium-, or high-density), commercial, or industrial

a school of thought that promotes designing growth to limit the amount of urban sprawl and preserve nature and usable farmland

city where planners have used smart-growth policies to decrease the rate at which the city grows outward

a ring of parkland, agricultural land, or other type of open space maintained around an urban area to limit sprawl

segregation that results from residential settlement patterns rather than from prejudicial laws

practice by which a financial institution such as a bank refuses to offer home loans on the basis of a neighborhood's racial or ethnic makeup

a practice by real estate agents who would stir up concern that Black families would soon move into a neighborhood; the agents would convince White property owners to sell their houses at below-market prices

area that has been largely deserted due to lack of jobs, declines in land value, and falling demand

law that creates affordable housing by offering incentives for developers to set aside a minimum percentage of new housing construction to be allocated for low-income renters or buyers

a government's right to take over privately owned property for public use or interest

the ways in which communities of color and poor people are more likely to be exposed to environmental burdens such as air pollution or contaminated water; also called environmental racism

abandoned and polluted industrial site in a central city or suburb