Unit 7 - Cities and Urban Land Use

The formal act of acquiring something by conquest or occupation

• Filtering
• Gentrification
• Annexation
• Conurbation
• New Urbanism

A rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlement

• Dispersed rural settlement
• Clustered rural settlement
• Economic base
• Squatter Settlement
• Urbanized Area

Industrial sector which exports all (or nearly all) of its production outside the settlement.

• Basic industries

• Nonbasic industries

• Business services

• Consumer services

• Personal services

Economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases.

• Bid Rent Curve
• Central Place Theory
• Gravity Model
• Peripheral Model
• Sector Model

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

• Concentric Zone Model
• Gravity Model
• Peripheral Model
• Multiple Nuclei Model
• Sector Model

Services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses, including professional, financial, and transportation services

• Business services
• Consumer services
• Personal services
• Producer services
• Public services

Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services

• Business services
• Consumer services
• Personal services
• Producer services
• Public services

An area delineated by the US Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urbanized areas

• Census Tract
• Zoning Ordinance
• Density Gradient
• Urbanized Area
• Enclosure movement

Extended urban area consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of one or more cities

• Filtering
• Gentrification
• Annexation
• Conurbation
• New Urbanism

Area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered

• Central Business District (CBD)
• Central place
• Clustered rural settlement
• Urbanized Area
• Edge City