APHG Unit 6 pt 1

The process by which an increasing percentage of a population comes to live in urban areas, leading to the growth and expansion of cities.

• Urbanization
• Suburbanization
• Urban Sprawl
• Exurbs

The process by which people move from urban areas to the outskirts, often resulting in the growth of residential communities outside city centers.

• Suburbanization
• Edge Cities
• Urbanization
• Boomburbs

The specific characteristics of a location that influence the decisions regarding the establishment and operation of economic activities. These characteristics can include natural resources, terrain, climate, and proximity to markets.

• Site Factors
• Situation Factors
• Urban Hierarchy
• Gravity Model

The location of a place relative to other places and its surrounding environment, including its accessibility and connections to larger networks.

• Situation Factors
• Meta Cities
• World Cities
• Urban Sprawl

A region that encompasses a densely populated urban core along with its surrounding areas, which are economically and socially connected to the urban center.

• Metropolitan Area
• Boomburbs
• Edge Cities
• Residential Zone

The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas into the surrounding rural land, resulting in low-density, car-dependent development patterns.

• Urban Sprawl
• Suburbanization
• Mega Cities
• Urban Hierarchy

Significant urban centers that emerge on the outskirts of traditional cities, characterized by a concentration of retail, office space, and entertainment facilities.

• Edge Cities
• World Cities
• Primate Cities
• Meta Cities

Suburbs that have grown rapidly into a large and sprawling cities with more than 100,000 residents. Typically made up of planned communities that have begun to merge together.

• Boomburbs
• Exurbs
• Mega Cities
• Edge Cities

Communities on the outside edge of traditional suburbs that function like a suburb, but are more rural and less connected to the central city core.

• Exurbs
• Meta Cities
• Boomburbs
• Mega Cities

Urban areas with a population of over 10 million people, characterized by significant economic, cultural, and social influence on a global scale.

• Mega Cities
• World Cities
• Primate Cities
• Meta Cities