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Conurbation

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An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of one or more cities.

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Central City

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A city surrounded by suburbs

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Urban Area

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In the United States, a central city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs

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Central Business District

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The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered

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Council of Government

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A cooperative Agency consisting of representatives of local governments in a metropolitan area in the United States

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Megalopolis

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One continuous urban complex extending from north of Boston to south of Washington DC

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Favela

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The squatter settlements in Brazil

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Barrio

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A ward, quarter, or district of a city or town in a Spanish-speaking country; a Spanish-speaking quarter or neighborhood in a city or town in the United States especially in the Southwest

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Bidonvilles

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A shanty town built of oil drums or other metal containers, especially on the outskirts of a North African city.

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Barung-Barong

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A makeshift hut in the Philippines

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Jhuggi Bastis

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The squatter settlements in India

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Gentrification

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The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents.

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In-fill

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Building on empty parcels of land within a checkerboard pattern of development

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Zone of Transition

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An area of mixed commercial and residential land uses surrounding the CBD

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Outskirts

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The outer parts of a city or town

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Filtering

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A process of change in the use of a house, from single-faily owner occupancy to abandonment

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Redlining

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A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries

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Blockbusting

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A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood

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Urban Renewal

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Program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private owners, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers

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Revitalization

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The process occurring in some urban areas experiencing inner city decay that usually involves the construction of new shopping districts, entertainment venues, and cultural attractions to entice young urban professionals back into the cities where nightlife and culture are more accessible.

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Smart Growth

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Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland

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White Flight

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An occurrence in which many white people move out of a city as more and more people of other races move in

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Squatter

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

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Sector Model

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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district (CBD).

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Concentric Zone Model

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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings

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Multi Nuclei Model

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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around collection of nodes of activities

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Edge City

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A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area

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Latin America Model (Spine Model)

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Large plaza in center with church (tallest building) as you go out from plaza it was grid roads. The further out, less wealthy it gets. "the spine": main transportation into city (large road). wealthy downtown and along spine. poorest on outer edge, called the

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Spine

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The road in the Spine Model that leads to the CBD

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Boulevard

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A wide and usually important street that often has trees, grass, or flowers planted down its center or along its sides

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Sub-Saharan Model

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A city model where there are 3 different CBDS: one for pre colonial times, one for colonial times, one for post colonial times

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Colonial City

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A city that was colonized by Europeans

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Annexation

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Legally adding land area to a city in the United States

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Flagpole Annexation

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When a city incorporates land beyond city limits for a specific structure.

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Antecedent Boundary

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Boundary that was created before the present day cultural landscape

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Subsequent Boundary

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A political boundary that developed contemporaneously with the evolution of the major elements of cultural landscape

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Bid-Rent

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A geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases

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Density Gradient

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The change in density in a urban area from the center to the periphery

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Sprawl

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Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area

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Mass Transit

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Public transportation in an urban area

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Census Tract

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Small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity that are updated by local participants prior to each decennial census as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program

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Social Area Analysis

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The distribution of characteristics and create an overall picture of where various types of people tend to live

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MSA

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In the United States, a central city of at least 50,000 people, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of the several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city

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µSa (opt. m to get µ)

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An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the county in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city

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CBSA

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In the United States, the combination of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas

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CSA

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In the United Staes, two or more contiguous core based statistical areas tied together by commuting patters

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Greenbelt

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A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area

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Zoning Ordinance

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A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community

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Rush Hour

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The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic

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Exurbs

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A district outside a city, especially a prosperous area beyond the suburbs.

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