Unit 6 Vocab

The absolute location and the physical features of a particular place are referred to as what?

• Site

• Situation

• Range

• Redlining

What term describes cities with 10 million or more residents?

• Megacities

• Exurbs

• Edge cities

• Boomburgs

What is the term for urban design that is a vibrant, livable, and walkable neighborhood made up of both residents and businesses?

• Mixed-land use zoning

• Urban sprawl

• Disamenity zones

• Brownfields

What is a settlement that is much larger than surrounding settlements but also dominates the political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the region?

• Primate city

• Threshold

• Greenbelts

• Smart-growth policies

What is the tendency of cities to grow outward in an unchecked manner called?

• Urban sprawl

• Gentrification

• Redlining

• Infrastructure

What is the term for property whose use or development may be complicated by the potential presence of hazardous materials or pollution?

• Brownfields

• Greenbelts

• Exurbs

• Edge cities

What are areas not connected to city services and typically under control of criminals called?

• Disamenity zones

• Boomburgs

• Urban density

• Range

What refers to the location of a place in reference to its surrounding physical features and human activities?

• Situation

• Site

• Threshold

• Rank size rule

What is a larger, interconnected network of urban areas with more than 20 million residents called?

• Metacities

• Megacities

• Exurbs

• Edge cities

What explains how the demand for and the price of land decreases the further away a person travels from the central business district?

• Bid rent theory

• Urban sprawl

• Gentrification

• Redlining