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the built up space of the central city and suburbs. Focuses on howcities function, their internal systems and structures, and the externalinfluences on them. |
UrbanGeography |
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innermost zone wherenonresidential activities are concentrated, very few residences exist in thisring and property costs are high |
CBD=Central BusinessDistrict |
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continuously built uplandscapes of buildings and populations that political boundaries are simplyimaginary lines that separate them |
urbanized area |
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area that are alsonucleated but use much land space for residences of people that work in or nearcities |
suburb |
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a central country orcountries which at least one urbanized area of that least 50,000 people plusadjacent outlying countries w a large number of residents that commute in. |
metropolitan area (MSA |
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the internal physicalattributes of a place, including its absolute location, its spatial character,and physical setting |
Site |
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the external locationattributes of a place; its relative location or regional position withreference to other non-local places. |
Situation |
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Developed by ErnestBurgess. Model of Chicago. The model divides the city into 5 concentric zones,defined by their function. |
The concentric zone model |
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Developed Homer Hoyt.Focused on residential patterns. Proposes that the city grows outward from thecenter. Divided into high, intermediate, and low rented residential. |
The sector model |
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growth of areas on thefringes of cities |
Suburbanization |
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extended urban area,typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of one or morecities. |
Conurbation |
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chain of roughly adjacentmetropolitan area |
megalopolis |
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large polycentric urbanized region in the u.s state of northCarolina that forms the northern section. Semicircular band of cities and townsextending from Raleigh to Charlotte. |
piedmont urban crescent- |
