GEOG 1101 Ch. 10 Word Scramble
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| Urbanism | the way of life, attitudes, values, and patterns of behavior fostered by urban settings. |
| Colonial city | a city that was deliberately established or developed as an administrative or commercial center by colonial or imperial powers. |
| Central place Theory | a theory that seeks to explain the relative size and spacing of towns and cities as a function of people’s shopping behavior. |
| Primacy | a condition in which the population of the largest city in an urban system is disproportionately large in relation to the second- and third-largest cities. |
| Urban system | an interdependent set of urban settlements within a specified region. |
| Urban form | the physical structure and organization of cities. |
| Squatter settlements | residential developments that take place on land that is neither owned nor rented by its occupants. |
| Gateway city | a city that serves as a link between one country or region and others because of its physical situation. |
| Central place | a settlement in which certain products and services are available to consumers. |
| Urban ecology | the social and demographic composition of city districts and neighborhoods. |
| Shock city | a city that is seen as the embodiment of surprising and disturbing changes in economic, social, and cultural life. |
| World city | a city in which a disproportionate part of the world’s most important business is conducted. |
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