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23 Cards in this Set
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ANNEXATION
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legally adding land area to a city in the US
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CENSUS TRACT
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an area delineated by the US Bureau of Census for which statistics are published. correspond roughly to neighborhoods in urbanized areas.
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CONCENTRIC ZONE MODEL
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a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
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DENSITY GRADIENT
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change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
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EDGE CITY
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large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
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FILTERING
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process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
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GENTRIFICATION
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process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-occupied area
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GREENBELT
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ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit sprawl
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METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA [MSA]
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a central city of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city [in US]
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MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
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an urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the county in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city
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MULTIPLE NUCLEI MODEL
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a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
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PERIPHERAL MODEL
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model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road.
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PUBLIC HOUSING
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housing owned by the government
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REDLINING
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a process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries
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RUSH [PEAK] HOUR
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four consecutive 15 minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
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SECTOR MODEL
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model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the CBD
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SPRAWL
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development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area
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SQUATTER SETTLEMENT
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an area within a city ina LDC in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures
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UNDERCLASS
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group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a MDC because of a variety of social and economic characteristics
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URBANIZATION
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increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements
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URBANIZED AREA
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a central city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs
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URBAN RENEWAL
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program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private owners, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads & utilities, & turn the land over to private developers
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ZONING ORDINANCE
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law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
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