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human geo unit 6 and
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| urbanization | increase in % of people living in cities |
| site | physical characteristics (rivers, climate) |
| situation | relative location (trade routes, other cities) |
| fertile cresent | earliest urban hearth |
| agricultural surplus | extra food → supports cities |
| social stratification | class differences in cities |
| megacity | 10+ million |
| metacity | 20+million |
| world city | major global economic center |
| primate city | disproportionately large city |
| urban primacy | dominance on one city |
| globalization | increasing global connections |
| Command and control center | HQ of corporations |
| outsourcing | jobs moved abroad |
| FDI | investment from foreign countrys |
| rank-size rule | predictable city size |
| Central place theory (Christaller) | explains distibution of cities |
| threshold | minimum customers needed |
| range | max distance people travel |
| hexagonal market areas | efficent spacing |
| concentric zone model | explains urban land use as a series of five concentric rings growing outward from a central business district (CBD) |
| sector model | Growth along transportation lines Sector – wedge-shaped development |
| multiple nuceli model | Multiple business centers Node – center of activity |
| Infrastructure | basic systems |
| informal settlement (squatter) | unplanned housing |
| shantytown | poor-quality housing |
| sustainabillity | meeting needs without harming future |
| urban sprawl | expansion outward |
| greenbelt | protected land around city |
| smart growth | controlled development |
| census | population count |
| GIS | mapping data |
| remote sensing | collecting data from satellites |
| zoning laws | separate land uses |
| mixed-use development | combines use |
| new urbanism | walkable, community-focused design |
| Gentrification | wealthier people move in, displacing poor |
| redlining | denying loans based on location |
| blockbusting | forcing racial turnover |
| suburbanization | movement to suburbs |
| white flight | white ppl leaving cities |
| filtering | housing shifts between classes |
| urban traffic | congestion from cars |
| CBD land value | highest at center |
| edge city | suburbian buisness hub |
| accessible site | near transport/resources |
| Industrial Revolution | shift to machine production |
| First Industrial Revolution | steam power, textiles |
| Second Industrial Revolution | steel, electricity |
| primary | raw materials |
| seecondary | manufacturing |
| teritary | services |
| quaternary | knowledge |
| quinary | high-level decisions |
| GDP | total production |
| GNI | income of citizens |
| GNI per capita | average income |
| Rostows stages | Traditional Takeoff Drive to maturity High mass consumption |
| Wallerstein’s World Systems Theory | Core Semi-periphery Periphery |
| Comparative advantage | produce what you’re best at |
| Free trade | no barriers |
| tarrifs | taxes on imports |
| agglomeration | clustering of industries |
| deindustrilization | loss of factory jobs |
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