Urban Geo Week 1 Vocab

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City with a population over 10 million

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Megacity

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City with a population over 20 million.

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Metacity

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Cities with global influence (Think ESPeN)

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World cities

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Diagram showing land cost drop with distance from CBD:

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Bid Rent theory

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Research through interviews, focus groups, surveys, and observations is known as

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qualitative data

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Data that can be measured and counted...

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Quantitative data

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A planned development with multiple uses: residential, retail, educational, recreation, industrial, and office is...

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Mixed use development

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Creation of dense, walkable, mixed-use communities near transit stations.

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Transportation-Oriented development

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_____________ create sustainable communities by placing development in convenient locations and designing it to be efficient and environmentally responsible.

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Smart-growth policies

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_________ allows multiple land uses in the same space.

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Mixed-use zoning