Urban Patterns and City Structure Models

Urban Patterns - AP Human Geography, Chapter 13, Rubenstein Term Annexation Census tract Central business district (CBD) Combined statistical area (CSA) Concentric zone model Core based statistical area (CBSA) Metropolitan statistical area Micropolitan statistical area Council of government Density gradient Definition Legally adding land area to a city in the US An area delineated by the US Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published. In urban ares, they generally correspond to neighborhoods. The area of a city where retail and offices activities are clustered In the US, two or more core based statistical areas that are tied together by communicating patterns A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged in rings In the US, a collective term for all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas A method of measuring the functional area of a city, including an urbanized area of 50,000+ inhabitants and surrounding areas A smaller version of a metropolitan statistical area, featuring an urbanized area of 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants and surrounding areas An agency consisting of representatives from local governments in an area The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery A large node of offices and retail activities on the edge of an urban area. Planned around Edge city freeway exits and designed for motor vehicle travel. The division of large houses previously owned by one wealthy family into smaller Filtering apartments for lower-income families Food desert An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain The process of converting a neighborhood from a low-income, renter-occupied area to a Gentrification middle-class, owner-occupied area Greenbelt A ring of land maintained for parks, agriculture, etc. to limit suburban sprawl A continuous urban complex in the northeastern US, extending from north of Boston to Megalopolis south of D.C. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a Multiple nuclei model collection of nodes or activities A model of urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban Peripheral model residential and business areas tied together by a beltway/ring road. North American cities follow this model. Primary census In the US, a general term for all of the combined statistical areas, metropolitan statistical statistical areas (PCSA) areas, and micropolitan statistical areas. Housing owned by the government. In the US, it is rented by low-income individuals with Public housing a maximum rate of 30% of the family's income A process by which banks draw lines on maps and refuse to lend money to purchase or Redlining improve property within certain boundaries A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged in a series Sector model of wedge-shaped sectors radiating from a central business district Smart growth Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and protect famland Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar lifestyles, living standards, Social area analysis and ethnic backgrounds live within an urban area An area within a city in a less-developed country in which people illegally establish Squatter settlement residences in land they do not own or rent People in a society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more Underclass developed society because of social and economic characteristics A dense core of census tracts, densely-settled suburbs, and low-density land that links Urban area the suburbs with the core Urban cluster In the US, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants Urbanized area In the US, an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants Zoning ordinances A law that limits the permitted uses of land and the maximum density of a community. Meant in part to control the location and height of skyscrapers.