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Chapter 13 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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CBD | the area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered |
Concentric zone model | a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings |
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 central business district |
multiple nuclei model | a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities |
census tracts | an area delineated by the US Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published |
social area analysis | statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background,and lifestyle live within an urban area |
squatter settlements | 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 |
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 |
urbanized area | an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants |
urban cluster | an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants |
metropolitan statistical area (MSA) | an urbanized area of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city |
micropolitan statistical areas | 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 |
megalopolis | a continuous urban complex in the northeastern united states |
annexation | legally adding land area to a city in the united states |
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 |
greenbelts | a ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area |
smart growth | legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland |
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. rented to residents with low incomes, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families incomes |
gentrification | a process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-occupied |