Unit 13 Urban Geography- AP Human Geography

The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.

The downtown or nucleus of a city where retail stores, offices, and cultural activities are concentrated; building densities are usually quite high; and transportation systems converge.

the urban area that is not suburban; generally, the older or original city that is surrounded by newer suburbs

An area delineated by the us bureau of the census for which statistics are published; in urbanized areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods

An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit.

a continuous, extended urban area formed by the growing together of several formerly separate, expanding cities

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

process by which companies move industrial jobs to other regions with cheaper labor, leaving the newly deindustrialized region to switch to a service economy and to work through a period of high unemployment

the change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery

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

City currently without much population but increasing in size at a fast rate (learned about cities that are growing at a fast rate)

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

an area characterized by a lack of affordable, fresh, and nutritious foods

cities that, because of their geographic location, act as ports of entry and distribution centers for large geographic areas

A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-occupied area

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

A giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs

two or more nearby cities, potentially or actually complementary in function, that cooperate by developing transportation links and communications infrastructure joining them

A centering point of component parts.

a stage of economic development in which service activities become relatively more important than goods production; professional and technical employment supersedes employment in agriculture and manufacturing; and level of living is defined by the quality of services and amenities rather than by the quantity of goods available.

Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to low-income residents, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families' incomes.

A discriminatory real estate practice in North America in which members of minority groups are prevented from obtaining money to purchase homes or property in predominantly white neighborhoods. The practice derived its name from the red lines depicted on cadastral maps used by real estate agents and developers. Today, redlining is officially illegal.

Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland

Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and life style live within an urban area.

The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural land.

Residential developments characterized by extreme poverty that usually exist on land just outside of cities that is neither owned nor rented by its occupants.

A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics.

The study of how people use space in cities

An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.

a geographical area constituting a city or town

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

Urban clusters have at least 2,500 but less than 50,000 persons and a population density of 1,000 persons per square mile. This delineation of built-up territory around small towns and cities is new for the 2000 Census. In 2000, 11% of the U.S. population lived in 3,158 urban clusters.

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

a term for megacities that emphasizes their global impact as centers of economic, political, and social power

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