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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brownfield developments | building on abandoned or reclaimed polluted industrial sites |
| city | a differentiated community with a sufficient population and resource base to allow residents to specialize in arts, crafts, services, and professional occupations |
| conservation development | consideration of landscape history, human culture, topography, ecological values in subdivision design. cluster housing, zoning, covenants, other design features, at least half of a subdivision can be preserved as open space, farmland, or natural areas |
| core region | the primary industrial region of a country; usually located around the capital or largest port; has both the greatest population density and the greatest economic activity of the country |
| garden cities | a new town with special emphasis on landscaping and rural ambience |
| greenfield developments | housing projects built on previously undeveloped farmlands or forests on the outskirts of large cities |
| megacities | an urban area with more than 10 mil inhabitants |
| new towns | experimental urban environments that seek to combine the best features of the rural village and the modern city |
| pull factors | (urbanization) conditions that draw people form the country into the city |
| push factors | (in urbanization) conditions that force people out of the country and into the city |
| rural area | an area in which most residents depend on agriculture or the harvesting of natural resources fortheir livelihood |
| shantytowns | settlements created when people move onto undeveloped lands and build their own shelter with cheap or discarded materials; some are simply illegal subdivisions where a landowner rents land without city approval; others are land invasions |
| slum | legal but inadequate multifamily tenements or rooming houses; some are custom built for rent to poor people, others are converted from some other use |
| smart growth | efficient use of land resources and existing urban infrastructure |
| sprawl | unlimited outward extension of city boundaries that lowers population density, consumers open space, generates freeway congestion, and causes decay in central cities |
| squatter towns | shantytowns that occupy land without owner's permission; some are highly organized movements in defiance of authorities; others grow gradually |
| urban agglomerations | an aggregation of many cities into a large metropolitan area |
| urban area | an area in which a majority of the people are not directly dependent on natural resource-based occuaptions |
| village | a collection of rural households linked by culture, custom, and association within the land |
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