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Words from learning objective 6.1-6.3

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urbanization   An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.  
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suburbanization   Movement of upper and middle-class people from urban core areas to the surrounding outskirts to escape pollution as well as deteriorating social conditions (perceived and actual). In North America, the process began in the early nineteenth century and became a mass phenomenon by the second half of the twentieth century.  
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site   The physical character of a place  
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situation   the location of a place relative to other places  
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megacities   cities with more than 10 million people  
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metacity   A city with a population over 20 million  
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edge cities   cities that are located on the outskirts of larger cities and serve many of the same functions of urban areas, but in a sprawling, decentralized suburban environment  
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urban sprawl   the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions  
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exurbs   communities that arise farther out than the suburbs and are typically populated by residents of high socioeconomic status  
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world city (global city)   a city that functions as a service center of the world economy  
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boomburgs   rapidly growing suburbs  
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urban hierarchy   A ranking of settlements according to their size and economic functions.  
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Central Business District   The central location where the majority of consumer services are located in a city or town (DOWN TOWN)  
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