APHG Unit 7 Vocabulary Review

An apartment building, a duplex, and a single family home exemplify _____________.

• infilling

• housing density

• multi-use housing

• urban hierarchy

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was established due to its proximity to the confluence of two rivers and the coal and iron ore deposits. What term best exemplifies this scenario?

• urban planning

• transportation-oriented development

• site

• situation

Urban sprawl is a significant contributor to the creation of ______________.

• zones of abandonment

• edge cities

• slow-growth cities

Historically, ______________ was a common cause of "White Flight."

• blockbusting

• redlining

• counter urbanization

• exurbs

City Apartments Incorporated chooses to restore a former factory to create their newest residential community. What vocab term BEST exemplifies this?

• urban sustainability

• situation

• green belt

• infilling

Which is most likely to be commonly found in disamenity zones?

• census tracts

• squatter settlements

• central business districts

• redlining

What is a common tool for attempting to achieve urban sustainability?

• urban hierarchy

• gravity model

• urban sprawl

• smart growth policies

What term relates the LEAST to the concept of urban sustainability

• new urbanism

• slow-growth cities

• counter urbanization

• smart growth policies

• transportation-oriented development

Which term is LEAST related to the other three?

• boomburb

• suburbanization

• edge cities

• exurb

Which term is LEAST related to the other three?

• census tract

• functional zonation

• slow-growth city

• central business district