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APHG Unit 6 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annexation | a city legally incorporating additional land or territory |
| Bedroom Communities | residential areas where people live but mainly commute to work elsewhere |
| Central Place Theory | a theory that explains why cities are located where they are. Large cities are economic hubs with radiating connections for commerce |
| City | an independent self-governing area; A large, densely populated permanent human settlement with a higher population than rural areas |
| Concentric Zone Model | a model of a city’s internal organization using four rings modeling the arrangement of residential zones radiating outward from a central business district |
| Counter-urbanization | the movement of people from urban to rural areas |
| Conurbation | an extended urban area, typically formed by merging several cities or towns |
| Disamenity Areas | a city marked by extreme poverty and social problems |
| Edge Cities | areas of economic activity on the fringes of large cities; concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment in the suburbs |
| Favelas | informal settlements or slums in Brazil |
| Gentrification | the displacement of lower-income residents by higher-income residents as a neighborhood area improves |
| Gravity Model | predicts the interaction between two places based on their population and distance; the closer they are, the more influence they have |
| Greenbelts | a grassy, forested, or agricultural land separating urban areas |
| Livability | the quality of life in an area |
| Megacities | extremely large cities with populations over 10 million |
| Meta cities | cities with populations over 20 million |
| Megalopolis | a vast, extended city or a chain of closely connected cities |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area | an integrated economic and social unit with a large population nucleus |
| Municipality | a city or town with its local government |
| New Urban Design | approaches to urban planning that focus on creating more livable, walkable, and environmentally sustainable communities |
| Periferico | a ring road around the central area of a city |
| Primate City | the largest city in the country, often much larger than the second-largest city. Dominates the country’s economic, political, and cultural life |
| Range | the maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service |
| Rank-size Rule | the idea that the population of a city is inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy |
| Sector Model (Hoyt's Model) | a model of urban structure with wedge-shaped sectors radiating from the central business district |
| Shantytowns | informal, makeshift housing areas typically found in developing countries |
| Social Hetrogeneity | race, ethnicity, and social class diversity |
| Sprawl | the spread of an urban area into the surrounding countryside without boundary restriction |
| Squatter Settlements | informal housing areas, often on public or private land. Temporary, inadequate, and illegal housing |
| Suburbs | residential areas on the outskirts of a city or town |
| Suburbanization | the population movement from within towns and cities to the city's outskirts |
| Threshold | the minimum number of people needed to support a service (Central Place Theory) |
| Transit-oriented Development | urban development - is designed to maximize access to public transportation |
| Urban Area | any US self-governing area with 50,000 or more people; central city and its suburbs |
| Urbanization | process of settlement formation, expansion, and change in creating cities |
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