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38 Cards in this Set
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Access |
Ability to travel between two locations. Ex: Between workplaces, or from store-to-store |
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Auto-Centered City |
Cities developed on automobile access An effect would this would be shopping centers located near highways Ex: New York |
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Bedroom Communities |
Commuter towns inhabited by people who drive or take public transport to another city. |
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Central business district |
The district with the greatest access to offices, banks, stores, or other activities. Ex: People in cities would be located closer to the central business district The reason for the given example would be due to the demand for ease of access |
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Concentric Zone Model |
Visual representation of a city that categorizes parts of the city into various zones |
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Daytime Density |
The time when the majority of people are at work. This results in a high concentration of people in/around the Central Business District Ex: This includes when people are at school & work, so for Janesville it would be 8 A.M. |
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Density Gradient |
A change in the density of people over distance This chart given compares the density. |
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Density Peak |
Highest density of an area that a city has ever experienced.
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Edge Cities |
Cities that combine all functions of a central business district, but are located in the suburbs and provide more jobs than homes. Edge cities typically have poor housing |
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Filtering |
The process by which more prosperous families move out of older housing and into new housing Filtering would occur in a situation such as winning the lottery |
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Foreclosure |
A situation in which a mortgage holder loses all claims to his/her property due to nonpayment. This would result in you losing your home, and you could become homeless. |
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Formal Sector |
Contains jobs in industry, established services, and government that are limited to a privileged few Ex: Government workers |
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Gentrification |
This occurs when the housing stock of a neighborhood is improved generally through the introduction of more luxurious housing Ex: Moving from a less nice neighborhood to a high quality house |
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Green Belts |
Area around cities where suburban land uses are restricted. The greenbelt in Janesville, located by Village Green and Greenbelt apartment complexes, exists to provide areas for surface water runoff. Many greenbelts are either forests or areas preserved for city use. |
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Grid |
A street pattern with the greatest impact. Grids exist virtually anywhere, depending on coordinates. |
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Informal Sector |
Jobs for everyone. These jobs often provide a very low standard of living Ex: McDonald's workers |
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Interstate highway system |
Large, limited access superhighways Ex: I-90 |
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Land Value |
The worth of a plot of land, affected by the function, location, and ability to be developed. Ex: People moving out west for cheaper land |
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Morphology |
The forming of a city. Ex: New York being an urban city and Avalon, WI being a rural city. |
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Nighttime Density |
The time when people are home from work This results in a low concentration of people in/around the CBD Ex: The reason for stores closing early could be due to the lack of people out shopping, as a majority are indoors with family or sleeping |
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Nodal Point |
A place in which things such as transportation routes converge |
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Organic City |
A city that is loosely planned These cities are not well thought out and are usually inconvenient Brisbane, excluding the road network, could potentially be considered an organic city.
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Peak Value Intersection |
A single intersection with the greatest access, usually located at the intersection of two main streets Ex: The two most important roads coming to an intersection |
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Perimeter |
An element that defines a city and is the manner by which a city is separated from the country Relative to math, where you measure the various distances on the outside of a shape, the same goes for a ciy. |
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Planned Cities |
Cities laid out along more symbolic lines These cities are usually always planned before being built Ex: Cities that existed after Paris, New York, or Sydney became popular |
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Predatory Lending |
A situation by which mortgages impose on life and can cause debt and then eventually foreclosure. Ex: People thinking that theft would help them to pay off their mortgage, but then being sentenced to jail with a large priced bail |
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Prime Value Intersection |
A single intersection with the greatest access. This is usually located at the intersection of two main streets. |
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Recreational Auto City |
Time when automobiles became more affordable to everyone Nowadays it is harder to find someone without a car as opposed to the opposite |
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Sector Model |
Developed by Homer Hoyt, it is a visual representation that took site factors explicitly into account
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Squatter Settlements |
Temporary structures built up by people with nowhere else to go This usually suggests illegal occupation Ex: A person who had their home taken away and was unemployed living in a foreclosed/abandoned home |
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Streetcar City |
A city where streetcars are the primary means of transportation This wouldn't occur in a populous city like Paris or New York as there wouldn't be enough room for all the cars, hence why a large majority of the population walks to and from the locations they must visit |
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Subprime lending |
Mortgages made available to people who couldn't qualify for regular conventional/prime mortgages This is similar to ads saying they will approve you for a credit card regardless of what your credit score may be |
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Suburbs |
Inhabited areas around cities that grew rapidly due to decolonization of cities and automobile dependancy These areas tend to be nicer than other neighborhoods, but not always Ex: Whuthering Hills would be considered a suburb |
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Transportation Network |
A framework that allows the movement of people and goods Trading within a country is done along a transportation network Ex: Purchasing a good online from somewhere in California when you live in Ohio would result in the usage of a transportation network |
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Urban Center |
This represents the organizing principle of the city and reflects the vital concerns of the population The Capital of a state could have all the core values of the state, making it the urban center Ex: Madison, WI |
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Urban Morphology |
A form of an urban area with inadequate housing The reason for this could be that they were built poorly
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Urban Population |
A population composed of individuals who are not themselves engaged in agriculture Ex: People who live in a city are part of that city's urban population |
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Walking city |
A city in which the majority of people get from one location to another by walking Reason for this could be due to poor resources and insufficient funds to buy cars or other means of transportation Ex: New York |
