URP 3001 Exam 1

More developed countries; urbanization accompanied and was the consequence of industrialization

Less developed countries; urbanization has occurred only partly as the result of industrial and economic growth; occurred primarily as the result of rising expectations of rural people

10 million inhabitants or more; largest urban place

refers to all aspects- political, economic, social- of the urban way of life; end result of urbanization; norm in US and Canada

movement of people from rural to urban places; change in lifestyle as a result of leaving the country

economy is no longer tied strictly to agriculture

a large, densely populated place that is legally incorporated as a municipality

built-up area where buildings, roads, and essentially urban land uses predominate; city and its suburbs; agglomerations

when urbanized areas merge; ex. Dallas-Fort Worth

command and control of the world economy

the "mother city" of a country, state, or empire

Metropolitan Area

Metropolitan Statistical Area

Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area

Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area

urban core of at least 50,000; surrounding urban and rural territory is socially and economically integrated into core; built from county units

urban coalescence of metropolitan areas at the regional scale

physical characteristics of the place where the city originated and evolved

relative location of a city

manifestation of the thoughts, deeds, and actions of human beings

political power, center of legislative decision making, locus of national sovereignty

founded and grew before the arrival of industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries

economy based on the production of manufactured goods and industry

economy not tied to manufacturing but the service sector

exceptionally large, economically dominant, and culturally expressive of national identity

the population of a particular city within a country should be equal to the population of the largest city divided by its rank

European created new cities or built over indigenous cities

one modern (western) part and one traditional (indigenous) part

evolved under communist/socialist regimes

comprehensively planned urban community built from scratch with the intent of becoming self contained

market centers; transportation centers; special service centers

growth becomes a cumulative process in which growth begets growth

growth of a city occurs through a radial expansion from the center so as to form a series of concentric rings

patterns do no appear as concentric rings and apply to all cities

cities tend to grow around not one but several distinct nodes, forming a polynuclear pattern

result of European expansion into the Americas based on a collection of economic and political policies designed to keep the European state prosperous

fueled by industrial expansion

occurs when city centers lose either population or jobs

successful because their economies were more diverse and did not rel on industrialization

catalyst for urban renewal, environmental remediation, and improvement to a city's infrastructure

urban rebirth, economically and environmentally

horizontal spread out from the center city

places where percentage of foreign born residents exceeds the national level and where immigrants come from many regions of the world with no single country of origin dominating

reveals much about levels of affluence, household formation, commercial activity, and values

areas of cultural and physical distinction that contribute to a local identity

produced by the combination of pollutants from many sources

trigger regional markets and urban growth

mirror urbanization rates; should be a priority on urban development agendas

provides an important source of income

manufacturing, processing, or trading of goods or the providing of services for markets located outside the city's boundaries

economic functions of a city-servicing nature; ex. grocery stores, restaurants, beauty salons

cities in the suburb; newly emerging urban centers scattered through the suburban ring surrounding older central cities

located in the Midwest and Northwest

paper mache; white city; Columbian Expedition (world fair)

major issue in megacities

cause of urban sprawl

when people move back into the city centers