Urban Vocab Flashcard

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Historical urbanization as cities expand is known as:

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Concentric Zone model

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Rapid change in racial composition of American cities due to real estate agents stirring fears of decline.

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Blockbusting

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A concentration of business and commerce with the tallest buildings is known as

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Central Business District

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Conglomeration of people and buildings serving as a center of politics, culture, and economics.

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City

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Structural model of the American central city with five concentric land-use rings around a center.

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Concentric zone model

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Term for the shift in U.S. urbanization from the central business district to new economic areas at the urban fringe.

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Edge City

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Rehabilitation of deteriorated, often abandoned, housing for low-income inner-city residents

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Gentrification

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Term for large coalescing supercities worldwide

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Megalopolis

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Discriminatory real estate practice in North America preventing minorities from obtaining home purchase funds.

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Redlining

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A subsidiary urban area surrounding and connected to the central city, often residential.

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Suburbs