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Unit 6 Vocab

TermDefinition
Sprawl Unrestricted growth in urban areas over large expanses of land with little concern for urban planning
Zoning Laws governing how land can and cannot be used
Mixed Land Use Contains two or more major types of uses (residential, commercial, institutional)
Sustainable Design/Smart Growth Policies Urban design that considered the environmental, social, and economic impacts
Greenbelts Zoning laws to keep areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding urban areas
New Urbanism Part of the smart growth movement. A planning and design approach based on the principles of: Walkable communities housing and shopping in close proximity Accessible public spaces
Slow Growth Cities 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.
Edge City Concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside of the CBD
Urban Area Dense core or census tracts, densely settled suburbs, links suburbs and core
Urbanized Area Area with at least 50,000 inhabitants
Urban Cluster Area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants.
Metropolitan Statistical Area Area that includes an urbanized area (50,000), that county and the adjacent counties.
Central City Urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit.
Central Business District (CBD) Area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered.
Rank-Size Rule A pattern of settlement in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
Primate City Rule A pattern of settlement in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement.
Central Place Market area for the exchange of services by people from the surrounding area.
Range The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.
Threshold The minimum number of people needed to support a service.
Market Area/Hinterland The area surrounding a central place
Central Place Theory Settlements serve as ‘central places’ providing services to surrounding areas.
Brownfield A property which has the presence or potential to be a hazardous waste, pollutant or contaminant
Quantitative Data Data that approximates and characterizes
Qualitative Data Describes qualities or characteristics
Gravity Model Predicts the interaction between two cities. Interaction is directly impacted by distance and inversely by population.
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