AP HUG Chapter 15 Vocab

(farms and villages) low concentrations of people

• Rural Areas

• Urban Area

• Suburbs

• Urbanization

• Percent Urban

cities, high amounts of people

• Rural Areas

• Urban Area

• Suburbs

• Urbanization

• Percent Urban

primarily residential areas near cities

• Rural Areas

• Urban Area

• Suburbs

• Urbanization

• Percent Urban

Process of developing towns and cities

• Rural Areas

• Urban Area

• Suburbs

• Urbanization

• Percent Urban

ratio of people who live in urban areas vs. rural areas

• Rural Areas

• Urban Area

• Suburbs

• Urbanization

• Percent Urban

Characteristics of immediate location

• Site

• Situation

• City-state

• Metropolitan Area

• Nodal region

refers to the location of a place relative to other structures

• Site

• Situation

• City-state

• Metropolitan Area

• Nodal region

consists of the city and its surrounding territory

• Site

• Situation

• City-state

• Metropolitan Area

• Nodal region

collection of adjacent cities economically connected across which population density is high and continuous

• Site

• Situation

• City-state

• Metropolitan Area

• Nodal region

focal point in a matrix of connections

• Site

• Situation

• City-state

• Metropolitan Area

• Nodal region