AP Human Geography: Unit VII Part D Vocabulary – Flashcards

(Low): The most basic and simple units of living space, not very modern or urban looking, not advanced in technology. (Medium): Housing for people with a higher income than low density residents, better quality living conditions. (High): Best available housing areas for people to purchase for highest income families.

A term used in systems engineering, information systems and software engineering to describe a process for planning, creating, testing, and deploying an information system.

An area or region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing.

The structures, systems, and facilities in a city including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function.

The philosophy of designing spaces, objects, or buildings to comply with the principles of social, economic, and ecological development.

A planned economic and community development that attempts to curb urban sprawl and worsening environmental conditions.

An urban design movement which promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating walkable neighborhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types.

An area of open land around a city, on which building or developing is prohibited and restricted.

A census collects information about every member of its population. A survey is a data collection activity including a smaller part of the population.

Involves collecting data outside of an experimental or lab setting. This type of data collection is most often done in natural settings or environments.

Depending on the income levels, sizes of families, and whether or not people are immigrants or not. Low, medium, and high residential housing areas reflect the people living in each type of development. Furthermore, cycles of development show the process of systems of engineering softwares to make a residential area better and more modern when involving technology. The metropolitan part of a city is when the core part is very highly populated and has a lot of urbanization. The surrounding part of the city doesn't have as large of a population and doesn't have beneficial infrastructure. The infrastructure of a city includes roads, streets, bridges, tunnels, water supply systems, sewers, and much more. When planning out the layout of a city, many things must be kept in mind. For example, when making a plan, sustainable design must make sure that the design works with social, economic, and ecological development. Smart-growth encourages urban sprawl in lesser developed and smaller populated cities. New urbanism allows more walking and biking areas in a city such as the specified crosswalks and bike paths located in downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. Finally, green belts are the strips of land that are completely free of buildings and other infrastructure. Census and survey data gives numbers about the population about many different things such as information about the members specifically. Field studies include data collected outside of a specific area or city.