When people of one ethnic group are frightened into selling their homes when they hear that a family of another ethnic group is moving in.

A suburban area experiencing significant growth in population and prosperity.

A property that has the potential to be a hazardous waste or contaminant.

A theory that tries to explain the economic relationships between cities and smaller settlements.

A city that exists on the fringes of a larger city and acts as a hub for recreation, business, and commercial activity.

A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family dwelling to multiple rental units, to eventual abandonment.

A symbolically relocated capital, usually for economic or strategic reasons.

The process of converting an urban neighborhood from a low-income rent-occupied area to a middle-class owner-occupied area.

A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area.

The process of building up underused areas within a city.

Economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by a government.

An overlap of cities in close proximity caused by urban expansion.

A city with a population of more than 10 million people.

A city with 20 million or more residents.

A movement in urban planning that aims to reduce urban sprawl, increase affordable housing, and create livable neighborhoods.

A city that has a population that is exponentially greater than the population of the next largest city in that country.

A rule that states that the population of a city will be inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy.

A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.

Sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities.

Unplanned slum development on the margins of cities, dominated by crude dwellings and shelters made of found objects.

The growth of residential areas on the outskirts of urban centers.

Unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments, and roads over large expanses of land with little concern for urban planning.

The movement of people to towns and cities

A dominant urban area in terms of its role in the global political economy.

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Unit 6 vocab

Question	Answer
Blockbusting	When people of one ethnic group are frightened into selling their homes when they hear that a family of another ethnic group is moving in.
Boomburb	A suburban area experiencing significant growth in population and prosperity.
Brownfield	A property that has the potential to be a hazardous waste or contaminant.
central place	A theory that tries to explain the economic relationships between cities and smaller settlements.
Edge city	A city that exists on the fringes of a larger city and acts as a hub for recreation, business, and commercial activity.
Filtering	A process of change in the use of a house, from a single-family dwelling to multiple rental units, to eventual abandonment.
Foward Capital	A symbolically relocated capital, usually for economic or strategic reasons.
Gentrification	The process of converting an urban neighborhood from a low-income rent-occupied area to a middle-class owner-occupied area.
Greenbelt	A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area.
Infilling	The process of building up underused areas within a city.
Informal economy	Economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by a government.
Megalopolis	An overlap of cities in close proximity caused by urban expansion.
Megacity	A city with a population of more than 10 million people.
Metacity	A city with 20 million or more residents.
New Urbanism	A movement in urban planning that aims to reduce urban sprawl, increase affordable housing, and create livable neighborhoods.
Primate City	A city that has a population that is exponentially greater than the population of the next largest city in that country.
Rank-size	A rule that states that the population of a city will be inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy.
Redlining	A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.
Rural	Sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities.
Shantytown	Unplanned slum development on the margins of cities, dominated by crude dwellings and shelters made of found objects.
Suburbanization	The growth of residential areas on the outskirts of urban centers.
Urban Sprawl	Unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments, and roads over large expanses of land with little concern for urban planning.
Urbanization	The movement of people to towns and cities
World City	A dominant urban area in terms of its role in the global political economy.

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