Urbanization and Development Concepts

An area within a city in a less developed country where people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures.

• Squatter Settlement

• Urban Renewal

• Gentrified Area

• Planned Community

Climate, landforms, availability of water, soil fertility, and other physical factors.

• Site factors

• Environmental conditions

• Geographical elements

• Natural resources

Populations of more than 10 million people.

• Metropolis

• Megacity

• Urban Area

• City

Rural-to-urban migration driven by economic and educational opportunities and access to services.

• Urbanization and its effects

• Population growth and migration

• Suburban expansion

• Rural decline and its consequences

Expensive, desirable, or unique - large threshold and range. Typically found in higher-order locations, such as major cities.

• High-Order Goods and Services

• Low-Order Goods and Services

• Basic Necessities

• Luxury Items

Refers to measurable information that can be counted or expressed numerically.

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

• Descriptive data

• Categorical data

Housing discrimination maintained by banks - starting in the 1930s, refusal to grant home loans in certain areas because of the ethnic or racial composition.

• Redlining

• Gentrification

• Segregation

• Urban Renewal

Governments seek to attract businesses and boost the economy.

• Government Policies

• Economic Strategies

• Business Regulations

• Market Competition

Connections between sites; the relative location often dictates the function of the city.

• Situations

• Locations

• Configurations

• Circumstances

The Steel Rail Epoch (1870-1920) was dominated by the development of long-haul railroads.

• Borchert’s Epochs of American Urbanization - Third Stage

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Information Age

• The Digital Revolution