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APHG Unit 6 Vocab

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Annexation   a city legally incorporating additional land or territory  
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Bedroom Communities   residential areas where people live but mainly commute to work elsewhere  
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Central Place Theory   a theory that explains why cities are located where they are. Large cities are economic hubs with radiating connections for commerce  
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City   an independent self-governing area; A large, densely populated permanent human settlement with a higher population than rural areas  
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Concentric Zone Model   a model of a city’s internal organization using four rings modeling the arrangement of residential zones radiating outward from a central business district  
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Counter-urbanization   the movement of people from urban to rural areas  
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Conurbation   an extended urban area, typically formed by merging several cities or towns  
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Disamenity Areas   a city marked by extreme poverty and social problems  
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Edge Cities   areas of economic activity on the fringes of large cities; concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment in the suburbs  
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Favelas   informal settlements or slums in Brazil  
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Gentrification   the displacement of lower-income residents by higher-income residents as a neighborhood area improves  
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Gravity Model   predicts the interaction between two places based on their population and distance; the closer they are, the more influence they have  
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Greenbelts   a grassy, forested, or agricultural land separating urban areas  
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Livability   the quality of life in an area  
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Megacities   extremely large cities with populations over 10 million  
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Meta cities   cities with populations over 20 million  
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Megalopolis   a vast, extended city or a chain of closely connected cities  
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Metropolitan Statistical Area   an integrated economic and social unit with a large population nucleus  
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Municipality   a city or town with its local government  
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New Urban Design   approaches to urban planning that focus on creating more livable, walkable, and environmentally sustainable communities  
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Periferico   a ring road around the central area of a city  
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Primate City   the largest city in the country, often much larger than the second-largest city. Dominates the country’s economic, political, and cultural life  
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Range   the maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service  
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Rank-size Rule   the idea that the population of a city is inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy  
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Sector Model (Hoyt's Model)   a model of urban structure with wedge-shaped sectors radiating from the central business district  
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Shantytowns   informal, makeshift housing areas typically found in developing countries  
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Social Hetrogeneity   race, ethnicity, and social class diversity  
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Sprawl   the spread of an urban area into the surrounding countryside without boundary restriction  
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Squatter Settlements   informal housing areas, often on public or private land. Temporary, inadequate, and illegal housing  
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Suburbs   residential areas on the outskirts of a city or town  
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Suburbanization   the population movement from within towns and cities to the city's outskirts  
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Threshold   the minimum number of people needed to support a service (Central Place Theory)  
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Transit-oriented Development   urban development - is designed to maximize access to public transportation  
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Urban Area   any US self-governing area with 50,000 or more people; central city and its suburbs  
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Urbanization   process of settlement formation, expansion, and change in creating cities  
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