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Vocab words to study for the test

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Sprawl   Unrestricted growth of housing and development without urban planning  
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Urban Infill   The construction of new buildings in underutilized land lots within urban areas  
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Boomburbs   An outlying residential district of a city that is expanding rapidly.  
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Periphery Country   Tends to be less-developed countries that are economically poor  
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SemiPeriphery Country   Countries lower than core but higher than periphery  
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Mega city   A city with a population of over 10 million people  
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Meta city   A city with a population of over 20 million people  
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Edge Cities   A relatively large urban area situated on the outskirts of a city  
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Exurbs   Residential communities that extend past suburbs  
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Filtering (Urban development)   Process of subdivision of houses and occupany by successive waves of lower income  
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Global cities   Very influential outside their national boundaries  
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Central Place Theory   Used to explain distribution of cities across a region  
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Multiple Nuclei Model   More than one center  
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Concentric Zone Model   Model used to show that social groups  
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Galactic City Model   CBD are surrounded by smaller cities that often copy the functions of a CBD  
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Griffin Ford Model   CBD includes market and high quality jobs  
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Urban Hierarchy   A ranking of settlements according to their size and economic functions  
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Sector Model   Model used to show urban development that is based on sectors  
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Smart Growth Policies   Laws that are more sustainable friendly and focus on building environmentally friendlier developments  
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New Urbanism   Encourage local community development and sustainable growth (urban)  
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Greenbelts   A ring of land  
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Slow Growth Cities   Urban communities where the planners have put into placement growth initiatives to decrease the rate at which the city groups  
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Zoning Ordinances   A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community  
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Invasion and Succession   Process by which new groups to a city move to and dominate or take over areas or neighborhoods occupier by older groups  
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Suburbanization of Business   The movement of businesses to the suburbs to take advantage of a large labor force  
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Municipal   A city or town that has corporate status and local government at a low price  
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Blockbusting   A process by which real estate agents convince white people to sell their houses because persons of color will move in the area  
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Redlining   Racially discrimitory, illegal practice of devaluing homes in racially mixed neighborhoods  
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Gentrification   The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of poorer residents  
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Zones of Abandonment   Areas that have been deserted in a city for economic or environmental reasons (Urban areas that do not have structures)  
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Brownfield   A property which has the presence or potential to be a hazardous waste, pollutant, or a contaminant  
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Urban Redevelopment   Nodal Cities  
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Suburbanization   People moving from cities to move to more residential areas, usually on the outskirts of the city  
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Urbanization   The process by which people live and are employed in a city  
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