APHG Unit 6 Vocab

Urban model, city growth occurs around integration of nodes, not around 1 central business district

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

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

Redevelopment that identifies & develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas

Central city and its surrounding suburbs

Fast-growing community outside of metro. area, residents & community are closely connected to central city & suburbs

Process of neighborhood change, housing vacated by more affluent groups passes down income scale to lower-income groups

Boundary that separates urban land uses from rural land uses by limiting how far a city can expand

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

A city with a population of more than 20 million people

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

A focal point or a functional region

1950s-60s, US cities given federal money to tear down old neighborhoods & industrial zones to rebuild their downtowns

City & surrounding areas that are influenced economically & culturally by the city

Planning to coordinate development of housing, transportation, infrastructure, and economic activities of regional scale

Zoning that creates separate zones based on land-use or economic function (residential vs commercial use)

Urban model, shows a city with a CBD, concentric rings, & sectors stricken by poverty, AKA Griffin-Ford model

Informal housing with overcrowding & poverty with temporary homes made of wood scraps or metal sheeting

A pattern in a country - the largest city is more than 2x as populous as the 2nd largest city

Ring of parkland, agricultural land, or other green space maintained around an urban area to limit sprawl

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

Legal rights, as defined by a society, associated with owning land

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

Banks refuse to offer home loans on basis of a neighborhood's racial or ethnic makeup

Policy to create sustainable communities by designing development to be efficient & environmentally responsible

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

Theory used to describe spatial relationship between cities & surrounding communities

Minority communities are more likely exposed to enviro. burdens like air pollution, contaminated water AKA enviro racism

A pattern in a country - nth largest settlements are 1/n the population of the largest; 2nd largest city is 1/2 largest

Urban model around a port, lacks formal central business district, grows outward in rings & multiple nodes

The minimum number of people needed to support a service

Single plan development including multiple uses, such as residential, retail, recreational, office space, industrial

A city with a population of more than 10 million people

Impact of a person/community on environment, the amount of land required to sustain the use of natural resources

Law creating affordable housing by offering incentives to developers to set aside new housing for low-income residents

High-poverty urban area in disadvantaged location w/ steep slopes, flood-prone ground, rail lines, landfills, & industry

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

School of thought promoting designing growth to limit amount of urban sprawl & preserve nature & arable land

Creation of dense, walkable, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use communities centered around or located near transit stations

Urban model, city with 3 central business districts, growing outward in concentric rings

Real estate agents scare White families into selling property at low cost, sell to Black families at high cost

Maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service

Urban model, development occurs wedge-shaped sectors from central business district generally along transit routes

A large node of office and retail activities on the outskirts of an urban area

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

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

Suburban model, economic activity moved from CBD towards suburbs, AKA peripheral model

Abandoned and polluted industrial site in a central city or suburb