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

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

Area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered

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

A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area

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

States that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther.

• Zoning Ordinance

• Rank-size rule

• Law of the Indies

• Enclosure movement

• Central Place Theory

A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages

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

A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area

• Edge City
• City-state
• Megacity
• Megalopolis
• Primate city

Metropolitan area with more than 10 million people

• Megacity
• City-state
• Edge City
• Megalopolis
• Primate city

When the urbanized areas of 2+ cities merge together through suburban growth and expansion

• Megalopolis
• Megacity
• City-state
• Edge City
• Primate city