HG Unit 6 vocab

Model that describes urban environments as a series of rings of distinct land uses radiating out from a CBD.

an urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit

A model or urban land use that places the CBD in the middle with wedge-shaped sectors radiating outwards from the center

Geographical centers of activity

Residential areas marked by extreme poverty that usually exist outside of cities that is neither owned nor rented

Residential communities, located outside of city centers that are usually relatively homogeneous in terms of population.

The process of expansion suburban development over large areas spreading out from a city

Type or urban form wherein cities have numerous centers of business and cultural activity instead of one central place.

the process by which the pop. of cities grows

The downtown or nucleus of a city where retail stores, offices, and cultural activities are concentrated.