Human Geography - Urbanization Vocab

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Bid-rent theory

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A geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district increases.

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Blockbusting

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A practice in which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices by promoting fear that racial minorities will soon be moving into the neighborhood.

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CBD (central business district)

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The commercial and business center of a city, often referred to as 'downtown'.

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Centralization

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The concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.

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City

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A large town or a significant urban area with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

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Commercialization

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The process of managing or running something principally for financial gain.

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Commuter zone

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The outermost zone of the concentric zone model that represents people who choose to live in residential suburbia and take a daily commute into the CBD to work.

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Concentric zone model

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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.

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Decentralization

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The distribution of functions and powers from a central authority to regional and local authorities.

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Economic base (basic/nonbasic)

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The economic activities that a community uses to support itself and its population.