Human Geography Vocabulary Unit 8

Process that concentrate people in urban places.

A place that is convenient for the people and establishments near them to provide foods, drinks, and services like movie theaters and restaurants.

A place that has a deficiency of food that is affordable, fresh, and nutritious.

Part of downtown where major office and retail businesses are clustered

Built-up areas that surround a central city.

Encompasses a large population center and the adjacent zones that are socially and economically connected to it, such as places sending commuters into the city.

A largely urban place which is made by combining different metropolitan areas.

The biased practice of refusing to offer home loans on the basis of the characteristics of the neighborhood instead of the actual condition of the property being mortgaged.

A city with 10 million or more residents.

Forces that draw people and businesses into the downtown or central city.

Draws people and businesses out of the central city, often into suburbs.

Regeneration and revitalization of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use.

The authority of government to take private property when doing so serves the public's interests.

When more affluent people purchase deteriorated buildings in low income neighborhoods in order to restore or renovate them.

Occurs when the rate at which land is urbanized greatly exceeds the rate of population growth in a given period of time.

An area characterized by overcrowding, makeshift or dilapidated housing, and little to no access to basic infrastructure and services such as clean water and waste disposal.

Consists of retail, manufacturing, and service activities that operate on a small scale and without government regulation or oversight.

Broad and includes signing efficient systems of transportation, working with developers to coordinate housing construction in order to meet the needs of a city, providing facilities and open spaces for public use and recreation, and ensuring that different parts of a city are served by a safe water supply, schools, ambulance and fire service, and trash collection.

The combination of different types of land use within a particular neighborhood.

A place with 20 million or more residents.