WorksheetsAPHG Unit 6 - Cities and Urban Land Use Patterns and Processes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The spread of cities and towns into nearby rural areas, leading to more houses, roads, and buildings being built further away from the city center.
Urban Expansion
Suburban Sprawl
Rural Development
Metropolitan Growth
A model that describes the layout of many cities in Sub-Saharan Africa
African City Model
Urban Sprawl Theory
Central Place Theory
Concentric Zone Model
The minimum amount of people needed to support a good or service.
Threshold
Minimum Support
Consumer Base
Market Demand
A city model that shows a city with a wealthy center, commercial areas, and poorer outskirts. Wealthier areas are near the outskirts, and poor areas are on the edges in slums.
Latin America City Model
Concentric Zone Model
Sector Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Segregation that occurs naturally in society, not by law but by social practices, choices, or economic factors. (housing patterns, income inequality, private discrimination)
De Facto Segregation
De Jure Segregation
Institutional Segregation
Systemic Segregation
Regulations that determine how land in specific geographic areas can be used, such as residential, commercial, or industrial.
Zoning Practices
Land Use Planning
Urban Development
Property Management
The illegal practice of persuading homeowners to sell their property at a lower price by creating fear that racial or ethnic minorities will soon move into the neighborhood, leading to a decline in property values.
Blockbusting
Redlining
Gentrification
White Flight
A model of urban structure where a central city is surrounded by a network of suburban areas connected by highways and transit routes.
Galactic City Model
Sector Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Concentric Zone Model
A very large city, typically with a population of over 10 million people.
Metropolis
Megacity
Urban Center
City-State
The discriminatory practice where banks and insurers refuse or limit services to certain neighborhoods, often based on racial or ethnic composition, leading to disinvestment in those areas.
Redlining
Gentrification
Segregation
Urban Renewal
A planning and development approach that promotes walkable neighborhoods, mixed-use communities, and sustainable living.
New Urbanism
Urban Sprawl
Suburban Development
Rural Planning
An area of open land around a city where development is restricted to prevent urban sprawl.
Greenbelt
Urban Zone
Industrial Park
Residential Area
A smaller geographic area with a population center between 10,000 and 50,000 people, along with surrounding communities that are economically and socially connected to it.
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Rural Area
Urban Cluster
Underused or abandoned commercial properties, often strip malls or old shopping centers, that are potential sites for redevelopment.
Brownfields
Greyfields
Greenfields
Whitefields
Rapidly growing suburban areas that have characteristics of larger cities.
Metropolises
Boomburbs
Exurbs
Urban Sprawls
Cities grow around multiple centers instead of one downtown. Different areas develop for business, industry, and housing, making it more realistic for larger cities.
Harris and Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
Hoyt Sector Model
Rural-Urban Fringe Model
The process of people moving from rural areas to cities, leading to the growth of urban areas.
Urbanization
Suburbanization
Ruralization
Metropolitan Expansion
A city that has been deserted due to economic decline, crime, or lack of investment, often resulting in vacant buildings and deteriorating infrastructure.
Zone of Abandonment
Urban Renewal
Economic Resurgence
Civic Improvement
The loss of unique characteristics of a place, making it indistinguishable from others, often due to globalization and standardization.
Homogenization
Placelessness
Localization
Diversification
A city with a population over 20 million people
Metacity
Megacity
Metropolis
Megalopolis
