APHG Chapter 12 and 13 Vocabulary

housing that a household can pay for, while still having money left over for other necessities like food, transportation, and health care.

• affordable housing

• edge city

• greenbelt

• zones of abondonment

a diagram that focuses on three distinct and adjoining types of central business districts and the ethnic and segregated nature of residential zones in cities within former European colonies in Africa.

• Galactic City Model

• African City Model

• Latin America urban model

• Sector Model

cities developed automobile access

• walkable city

• edge city

• auto centered city

• megalopolis

this refers to five distinct periods in the history of American urbanization:

Sail wagon, Iron Horse, Steel Rail, Auto-Air Amenity, High Technology

• Multiple nuclei model

• African City Model

• Brochert's epoch of urban growth

• Central Place Theory

a property that is potentially contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

• mixed use areas

• greenbelt

• megalopolis

• brownfield

the main business and commercial area of a town or city.

• Central Business district

• Prime Value Intersection

• World City

• Walkable City

A theory that sought to explain the economic relationships of cities with smaller settlements.

• Sector Model

• Central Place Theory

• Gravity Model

• Auto Centered city

A model showing cities growing outward from a central business district in a series of rings

• Latin American Urban Model

• Sector model

• Concentric Zone Model

• Gravity Model

clauses on a home's deed that limit how you can use your property or who can buy the property

• small growth policies

• law of the primate city

• deed restrictions

• gated communites

a relatively large urban area situated on the outskirts of a city, typically beside a major road, seen in the galactic city model

• walkable city

• planned city

• organic city

• edge city