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Ch 13 KI 3 & 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annexation | Legally adding land area to a city in the US |
| Peripheral Model | A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road |
| Urban Area | In the US an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants |
| Urbanized Area | A dense core of census tracts, densely settled suburbs, and low-density land that links the dense suburbs with the core |
| Urban Cluster | In the US an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) | In the US, and urbanized area of at least 50,000 population that country within which the city is located and adjacent counties meeting one of the several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city |
| Micropolitan Statistical Area (uSAs) | An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants the country in which it is found and adjacent counties tied to the city |
| Megalopolis | A continuous urban complex in the northeastern US |
| Density Gradient | The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery |
| Sprawl | Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built up area |
| Green Belts | A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area |
| New Urbanism | Outlined by a group of architects, urban planners, and developers from over 20 countries, an urban design that calls for development, urban revitalization, and suburban reforms that create walkable neighborhoods with a diversity of housing and jobs. |
| Smart Growth | Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland |
| Slow-Growth City | Urban communities where the planners have put into place smart growth initiatives to decrease the rate at which the city grows horizontally to avoid the adverse effects of sprawl |
| Rush Hour | The four consecutive 15 minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic |
| Brown fields | a property which has the presence or potential to be a hazardous waste, pollutant or contaminant. |
| Filtering | A process of change in the use of a house from single family owner occupancy to abandonment |
| Redlining | A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries |
| Public Housing | Housing owned by the government in the US it is rented to residents with low incomes, and the rents are set at 30% of the families incomes |
| Gentrification | A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low income, renter occupied area to a predominately middle class, owner occupied area |
| Underclass | A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics |
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