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Chapter 8 Smith
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a metropolitan area? | a major population center made up of a large city and smaller suburbs |
| What is the rural fringe? | small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie beyond the suburbs |
| What is a suburb? | a developed area at the edge of a city that has homes, schools, malls |
| What is the urban core? | an older, downtown area of a large city |
| What is the urban fringe? | a ring of small towns and suburbs |
| What is urban sprawl? | the rapid, poorly-planned spread of development |
| What is another word for the urban fringe? | a suburb |
| What is an example of a Minneapolis suburb? | Maple Grove |
| What was the smart growth plan for Portland, Oregon? | Urban Growth Boundary |
| What was the name of Toronto's growth plan? | The Official Plan |
| What was Atlanta's solution to their pollution problem? | Regional Transportation Authority |
| What is another word for urban? | city |
| What does the term rural mean? | small towns and open spaces, many farms |
| What kind of buildings are found in the urban core? | skyscrapers |
| What types of buildings are found in the urban fringe? | schools, malls, homes, apartments |
| What types of building are found in the rural fringe? | farms, barns |
| What is mixed-use development? | a building with businesses on the ground floor and apartments over them |
| What is an example of a metropolitan area in the U.S.? | Chicago |
| What U.S. city had the worst traffic? | Atlanta |
| Is Urban Sprawl a good thing or a bad thing? | Bad thing |
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