AP Human Geography Unit 9 – Urbanization – Flashcards
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Acropolis / Agora / Forum
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The high point of the city in ancient Greek cities that were normally for religious purposes / A public space in ancient Greece where people gathered to socialize and trade goods / A combination of both the Acropolis and the Agora
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Agricultural Village
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A relatively small, egalitarian village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture. Starting over 10,000 years ago, people began to cluster in agricultural villages as they stayed in one place to tend their crops.
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Bid-Rent Theory
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geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District (CBD) increases.
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Blockbusting
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Rapid change in the racial composition of residential blocks in American cities that occurs when real estate agents and others stir up fears of neighborhood decline after encouraging people of color to move to previously white neighborhoods. In the resulting outmigration, real estate agents profit through the turnover of properties.
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Central Business District (CBD)
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The downtown heart of a central city, the CBD is marked by high land values, a concentration of business and commerce, and the clustering of the tallest buildings.
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Central City
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The urban area that is not suburban; generally, the older or original city that is surrounded by newer suburbs.
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Central Place Theory
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The surface of the ideal region is going to be flat, the soil fertile, population and purchasing power are evenly distributed. It will have unique transportation that would allow direct travel between settlements
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Commercialization
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The transformation of an area of a city into an area attractive to residents and tourists alike in terms of economic activity.
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Concentric Zone Model (Burgess)
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5 Zones divided by their function. As the city grows, land was converted in zones around the outside of the city.
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Disameity Sector
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Edge City
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Exurbanite
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First Urban Revolution
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Functional Zonation
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Gated Community
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Centrification
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Ghettoization
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Griffin-Ford Model
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Hinterland
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McGee Model
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McMansion
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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Multiplier Effect
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Primate City
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Public Housing
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Rank Size Rule
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Redlining
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Rush Hour
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Second Urban Evolution
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Shantytowns
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Social Stratification
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Squatter Settlement
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Suburbanization
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Sunbelt Phenomenon
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Urban / Rural / Suburban
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Urban Hearth (and examples)
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Urban Hierarchy
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Urban Morphology
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Urban Renewal
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Urban Revitalization
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Urban Sprawl
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White Flight
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World City
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Zoning Laws
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