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Chapter 9 Urban Geography

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Urban Morphology   The study of the physical form and structure of urban places    
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City   conglomerations of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics    
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Urban   The entire build-up, nonrural area and its population, including the most recently constructed suburban appendages    
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Agricultural Village   a relatively small village where most of the population was involved in agriculture    
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Agricultural Surplus   one of two components, along with social stratification,that enables the formation of cities; agricultural production in excess of that which the producer needs for his or her own sustenance and that of his or her family and which is then sold   for consumption by others  
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Social Stratification   one of two components, along with agricultural surplus that enables the formation of cities;the differentiation of society into classes based on wealth, power, production, and prestige    
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Leadership Class      
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First Urban Revolution      
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Mesopotamia      
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Nile River Valley      
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Indus River Valley      
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Huang He and Wei River Valleys      
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Mesoamerica      
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Acropolis      
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Agora      
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Site      
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Forum      
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Situation      
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Trade Area      
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Rank-Size Rule      
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Central Place Theory      
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Sunbelt Phenomenon      
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Functional Zonation      
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Zone      
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Central Business District      
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Central City      
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Suburb      
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Suburbinization      
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Concentric Zone Model      
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Edge Cities      
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Urban Realm      
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Griffin-Ford Model      
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Disamenity Sector      
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McGee Model      
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Shantytowns      
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Zoning Laws      
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Redlining      
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Blockbusting      
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Commercialization      
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Gentrification      
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Tear-Downs      
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McMansions      
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Urban Sprawl      
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New Urbanism      
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Gated Communities      
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Informal Economy      
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World City      
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Primate City      
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Spaces of Consumption      
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