Chapter 15 Vocab

World City -

• a city and the surrounding areas that are influenced economically and culturally by the city
• the distance that someone will travel for a good or service
• a city with more than 10 million people.
• a city with a population of over 20 million people.
• a city that has influence across the globe, not just in their region.

Metacity -

• a city and its surrounding suburbs
• the distance that someone will travel for a good or service
• a city with more than 10 million people.
• a city with a population of over 20 million people.
• a city that has influence across the globe, not just in their region.

Megacity -

• a city and its surrounding suburbs
• the distance that someone will travel for a good or service
• a city with more than 10 million people.
• a city with a population of over 20 million people.
• a city that has influence across the globe, not just in their region.

Range -

• a city and its surrounding suburbs
• redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
• the number of people needed to support a certain good or service.
• the distance that someone will travel for a good or service
• a city that has influence across the globe, not just in their region.

Central Place Theory -

• redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
• a pattern of settlements in a country, where the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
• a city that far exceeds, in both population and influence, the country's next largest city.
• an urban geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size and range of market services in a commercial system or human settlements in a residential system.
• the number of people needed to support a certain good or service.

Threshold -

• a pattern of settlements in a country, where the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
• a city that far exceeds, in both population and influence, the country's next largest city.
• an urban geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size and range of market services in a commercial system or human settlements in a residential system.
• the number of people needed to support a certain good or service.
• the distance that someone will travel for a good or service

Primate City -

• a suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents.
• fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where residents are closely connected to the central city and suburbs
• redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
• a pattern of settlements in a country, where the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
• a city that far exceeds, in both population and influence, the country's next largest city.

Exurb -

• fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where residents are closely connected to the central city and suburbs
• redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
• a pattern of settlements in a country, where the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
• a city that far exceeds, in both population and influence, the country's next largest city.
• an urban geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size and range of market services in a commercial system or human settlements in a residential system.

Rank Size Rule -

• fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where residents are closely connected to the central city and suburbs
• redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
• a pattern of settlements in a country, where the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
• a city that far exceeds, in both population and influence, the country's next largest city.
• the number of people needed to support a certain good or service.

Infill -

• a suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents.
• fast-growing community outside of or on the edge of a metropolitan area where residents are closely connected to the central city and suburbs
• redevelopment that identifies and develops vacant parcels of land within previously built areas
• a pattern of settlements in a country, where the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
• a city that has influence across the globe, not just in their region.