changes in transportation and communication, population growth, migration, economic development, and government policies

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the actual physical qualities of the place that a city occupies which can influence origin, function, and growth

  e.g. coastal plain, valley, mountains

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the relative location of a city (what is it near) which can influence origin, function, and growth

                          e.g. located near shipping routes (Hong Kong, Singapore)

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a large city with over 10 million people and found increasingly in the periphery and semi-periphery

                         e.g. LDCs: Mumbai, São Paulo, Jakarta, Lima, Shenzhen,

                                MDC: Paris

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a large city with over 20 million people and found increasingly in the periphery and semi-periphery

                         e.g. LDCs: Delhi, Mexico City, Cairo, Beijing, Mumbai

                                MDCs: Tokyo

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the transformation of large areas of rural land to urban uses

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a residential area located on the periphery of a city

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unrestricted suburban growth and development over large areas spreading out from a city in which cars provide primary source of transportation

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a concentration of residential and economic (business, shopping, entertainment) activity located in the suburbs

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a residential area beyond the suburbs, often in more rural areas

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residential and economic urban area that is not the largest city in their metropolitan area, but has a large population (100,000+) and tends to be spread along highways (e.g. Irvine, CA)

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city that functions as a service center of the world economy driving globalization at the top of the urban hierarchy (hamlet, village, town, city, world city)

                           e.g. New York City, London, Tokyo, Paris

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a system of interconnected people, goods, information, transportation, communication, finance

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the process of increased interconnectedness among countries most notably in the areas of economics, politics, and culture

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the idea that the population of a city or town will be inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy

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a country's largest city, at least twice as large as the next largest city and more than twice as significant (usually the capital city) and represents national culture     e.g. Paris, France and London, England

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a measure of the interaction of places used to predict the movement of people

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explains the distribution, size, location, and interaction of settlements in an urban system

settlements provide a set of goods and services to their hinterland, which is the surrounding market area

larger settlements are fewer and farther apart and serve a large market area, providing low order goods as well as high-order goods

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products that are replenished frequently such as

food and other routine household items

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specialized items such as cars, furniture,

fine jewelry, and household appliances that are bought less often

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the minimum number of people needed for a

business to prosper

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the maximum distance people will travel to purchase

goods and services

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models that are useful for explaining internal structures of cities

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a spatial model of the American city that suggests the existence of five concentric rings

around a CBD (Central Business District)

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a spatial model of the American city that suggests that land-use areas conform to a

wedge-shaped pattern focused on the downtown core (CBD)

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a spatial model that shows the mid 20th century American city consisting of

several land-use zones (nodes) arranged around a CBD (Central Business District)

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a spatial model in which American urban areas consist of a central city surrounded by a large suburban area, shopping malls, office parks, industrial areas, and service complexes tied together by a beltway, or ring road

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·      theory that shows what various land users are prepared and able to pay for access to the center market (CBD)

·      the further from the center market (CBD), the lower the cost for a site

·      intensive and extensive farming practices are in part by land costs

·      extension of the von Thünen model

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a spatial city model that includes a prestigious, commercial axis (spine)

which emanates outward from the CBD and is surrounded by

a peripheral area containing squatter settlements; the city structure

can be attributed to colonialism, the rapid rise of industrialization,

and rapid population increase

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a spatial city model that includes an old colonial port zone that is the

focal point of the city reflecting a city oriented around exports, and

radiating outward from the port zone are the Western commercial zone

and Alien commercial zone

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spatial city model that is difficult to formulate due to the imprint of

European colonialism, but often consists of a colonial CBD as well as

a traditional CBD, and a market zone that is surrounded by squatter settlements

(informal satellite townships)

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discrimination in the purchase or rental of housing on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or veteran status

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a discriminatory real estate practice in North America in which members of minority groups are prevented from obtaining money to purchase homes or property in predominately white neighborhoods

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a real estate technique used to encourage people to sell their property at a very low price by giving the impression that the neighborhood was changing for the worse, especially in reference to minorities moving in and led to a significant turnover in housing which benefited real estate agents and led to the “white flight” to the suburbs

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residential units that are economical for the section of society whose income is below the median household income

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measure of people’s ability to pay for services without financial hardship (health services, infrastructure)

 

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contributing factors include lack of job availability, less access to quality schools, and real or perceived lack of opportunity

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disproportionate exposure to communities of color and the poor to pollution and its effects on health and the environment; includes inadequate access to healthy food, inadequate transportation, unsafe neighborhoods with poor air and water quality

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area located within the city characterized by slums and the homeless and in extreme cases are controlled

by gangs or drug lords

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areas with lack of jobs, declining land values and falling demand that cause people to leave and businesses to close

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residential areas characterized by extreme poverty with shelters constructed of found materials (scrap wood, etc.) that usually exist on land just outside of cities that is neither owned or rented by its occupants with little or no access to water, sewage, garbage removal, or education

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system regulating the rights to ownership and control and usage of land

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planning ordinances that provide affordable housing to people with low to moderate incomes

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food that is produced within a short distance of where it is comsumed, often accompanied by a social structure and supply chain different from the large-scale supermarket system

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the redevelopment of areas within an urban area, typically neighborhoods in economic decline

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the restoration of deteriorated urban areas by wealthier (mostly middle-income) people who move into, renovate, and restore housing and sometimes businesses

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refers to the way governmental institutions are dispersed between many local agencies including state, county, city and neighborhood levels

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the idea that a city can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs in terms of economic, environmental and social impact

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land use pattern meant for a small number of residential homes that include a lot of open space and contain the fewest people per geographic unit

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land use pattern in which residential units include multi-unit housing, such as townhomes as well as single-unit housing

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land use pattern in which land is occupied by residential units that include multi-unit housing such as high-rise buildings and contain the highest people per geographic unit

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meeting human development goals while sustaining the natural systems that provide the natural resources upon which the economy and society depend

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classifying land and identifying the types of activities that are permitted

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land development that blends a combination of residential, commercial, cultural, institutional and/or industrial uses

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a measure of how friendly an urban area is to walking

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land use pattern that includes a mix of commercial, residential, office and entertainment space centered around or located near public transport; dense, walkable, mixed use development near transit that attracts people to connect communities

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urban planning that avoids urban sprawl and focuses on long term implications with sustainable design initiatives and guides development into more convenient patterns and into areas where infrastructure allows growth to be sustained over the long term

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smart growth policy that creates walk-able, mixed land use neighborhoods with commercial and residential areas

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an area of natural land on which building is restricted and whose main purpose is to curb the outward expansion of a large urban area

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smart growth policies that concentrate growth in walkable urban centers to decrease sprawl

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