AP HUG Urban Development

Neighborhoods that are dominated by one ethnic group through its commercial establishments, community artwork, or other representations of the ethnicity on the landscape.

• Ethnic Neighborhoods

• Gentrification

• Ghettoization

• Squatter Settlements

Movement to residential communities, located outside of city centers as a result of the greater availability of the automobile and cheap fuel, money for new housing, the building of superhighways, and the baby boom which required bugger houses for bigger families.

• Blockbusting

• Zoning

• Gentrification

• Suburbanization

European cities characterized by dense population, narrow buildings, winding streets, and an ornate church or cathedral that marks the city center.

• Islamic Cities

• Medieval Cities

• Colonial Cities

• Latin American Cities

Suggests that the closer to the CBD, the higher the value of the land. Therefore only commercial enterprises can afford the land within the CBD.

• Urban Sprawl

• Gentrification

• Bid Rent Theory

• Commercialization

The three most important cities in the world are...

• New York, Paris, and Shanghai.

• New York, London, and Tokyo.

• New York, London, and Beijing.

• New York, Rome, and Shanghai.

The maximum distance that people are willing to travel to purchase a product or partake in a service, often depending on the particular product.

• Hamlet

• Hinterland

• Threshold

• Range

According to the rank-size rule, what do we know about the population of the second largest city

• It is 1/3 the size

• It is 1/2 the size

• It is 1/4 the size

• It is roughly the same size

Centers for economic, cultural, and political activity that are strongly interconnected and together control the global systems of finance and commerce.

• World Cities

• Entrepots

• Globalization

• Metropolitan Area

Residential developments characterized by extreme poverty that usually exist on the outskirts of a city. These places have little or no access to publicly provided services such as water, sewage, garbage, or education, and therefore are unsanitary. Usually located in cities in developing countries.

• Suburbs

• Squatter Settlement

• Hamlets

• Villages

Barrio is a Spanish word for...

• A sketchy neighborhood

• A wealthy person living in the city

• A Pub or Bar

• A small bear