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Chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annexation | Legally adding land area to a city in the U.S. |
| Carbon capture and storage (CCS) | The process of capturing waste CO2, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally underground |
| Census tract | An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urban areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods |
| Central business district (CBD) | The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered |
| Central city (city) | An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as municipality |
| Combined statistical area (CSA) | In the U.S. two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns |
| Concentric zone model | A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings |
| Core-based statistical area (CBSA) | In the U.S. any MSA |
| Density gradient | The change in density in an urban area from the center to the 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 owner 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 |
| Informal 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 |
| Megalopolis | A continuous urban complex in the northeastern U.S. |
| Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) | In the U.S. 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 area | An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the county in which it is located, and adjacent counties tied to the city |
| Multiple nuclei model | A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities |
| 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 |
| Primary census area (PSA) | In the U.S. any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA or any micropolitan statistical area not included in a CSA |
| Public housing | Government-owned housing rented to low-income individuals, with rents set at 30 percent of the tenant's income |
| Redlining | A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines |
| Rush hour | The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volume 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 regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland |
| Social area analysis | Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and lifestyle live within an urban area |
| Sprawl | Development of new housing sites at a relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area |
| Suburb | A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city |
| Sustainable development | Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs |
| 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 |
| Urban area | A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs |
| Urban cluster | In the U.S. an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants |
| Urbanized area | In the U.S. an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants |
| Zoning ordinance | A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community |
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