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AP GEO HCHS CH 13
Adams HCHS AP Human Geo. Rubenstein Ch 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agglomeration | The spatial clustering of people and economic activities in a place, especially those that are related or interdependent |
| annexation | Legally adding land area to a city in the United States |
| census tract | An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urbanized area, census tracts corresponds roughly to neighborhoods |
| concentric zone model | A model of internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings |
| council of government | A cooperative agency consisting of representative local governments in a metropolitan area in the U.S. |
| density gradient | The change in density in an urban area from the center periphery |
| edge city | A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area |
| filtering | A process of change in the use of a house, from single family occupancy to abandonment |
| gentrification | A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner occupied area |
| greenbelt | A ring of land maintained as parks agriculture, or other types of often space to limit the sprawl of urban area |
| metropolitan statistical area (MSA) | In the U.S, a central city of at least 50,000 population, the country within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city |
| micropolitan statistical area | An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the county in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city |
| multiple nuclei model | A model of internal structure of cites in which social groups are arranged around a collection of notes of activities |
| peripheral model | A model of north American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residences and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road |
| public housing | Housing owned by the government, in the U.S, it is rented to residents with low income and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families incomes |
| redlining | A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to loan money to purchase or improve property with the boundaries |
| rush (or peak) hour | The four consecutive 15 minutes periods in the morning and eveing with the heaviest volumes of traffic |
| sector model | A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors or wedges, radiating out from the CBD |
| smart growth | Legislation and regulation to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland |
| sprawl | The development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contagious to the existing built-up area |
| squatter settlement | An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures |
| underclass | A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefit of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics |
| urbanization | An increase in the percentage of people living in urban settlements |
| urbanized area | In the US, a central city plus the contiguous built up suburbs |
| urban renewal | A program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhood, acquire the property from private owners, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn land over to private developers |
| zone ordinance | A law that limits the permitted use of land and maximum density of development in a community |
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