Urban Geography Concepts

Urban Geography Concepts

Assessment

Flashcard

Geography

9th - 12th Grade

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Hard

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REBECCA L BYRD

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

urbanization

Back

The movement of people to, and the clustering of people in, towns and cities

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

metacity

Back

urban areas with over 20 million people

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

suburbanization

Back

The process of population movement from within towns and cities to the rural-urban fringe

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Rank-size rule

Back

Explanation of size of cities within a country; states the second largest city will be one-half the size of the largest, the third largest will be the-third the size of the largest, and so on

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Urban sprawl

Back

The expansion of cities and urban areas into surrounding rural or undeveloped land

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

exurbs

Back

A typically fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where the residents and community are closely connected to the central city and suburbs

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model

Back

A model of urban development depicting a city where growth occurs around the progressive integration of multiple nodes, not around one central business district

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