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Chapter 13- Urban Patterns
Notes taken in Chapter 13 of Rubenstein AP human geography
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Geography
9th Grade
04/29/2012

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List the 2 dimensions of urbanization:
Definition
1- increasing # of people in cities
2- increasing % of people in cities
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What percentage of the population in MDCs is urban?
Definition
75%
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MDCs have a high percentage of urban residents due largely to this historical event.
Definition
Industrial Revolution
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What percentage of the population in LDCs is urban?
Definition
40%
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Why has urbanization in MDCs largely ended?
Definition
Pretty much anyone who wants to live in a city is already there.
Term
This geographer agrued that urban and rural dwellers follow a different pattern of life.
Definition
Louis Wirth (1930s)
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List the 3 characteristics that define an urban area
Definition
1- large size
2- high population density
3- socially heterogeneous groups
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Historical cities are easy to define because they were __________.
Definition
surrounded by walls
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To determine where a city ends, boundaries can be defined in these 3 ways.
Definition
1- Legal boundary
2- Urbanized area
3- Metropolitan Statistical Area
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An Metropolitan Statistical Area is a(n) _______________ with a population of at least ________.
Definition
urbanized area, 50,000
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List the 3 models of urban structure (excluding peripheral)
Definition
1- Concentric Zone
2- Sector
3- Multiple Nuclei
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The innermost zone for all the urban structure models is the ___.
Definition
CBD
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In the concentric zone model, this social class would be found in the Zone of Transition.
Definition
low-income, underclass
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Low-income residents of European urban areas tend to live here.
Definition
Outskirts of the city, suburbs
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In European cities, the wealthy tend to live here.
Definition
In the center, close to the CBD
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Why do many LDC cities show similar patterns to European cities?
Definition
result of colonialism
Term
In Brazil, large numbers of low-income people are being relocated in preparation for the World Cup and the Olympics. What settlements do these people live in?
Definition
squatter settlements, (Not in the notes, but we talked about these in class!)
Term
List the 2 criticisms of urban renewal:
Definition
1- destroys social cohesion of neighborhoods
2- reduces supply of low-income housing
Term
Mr. Oswald's favorite hockey team
Definition
the Flyers
Term
Low-income residents must pay 30% of their income to live in this type of housing.
Definition
public housing
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Many cities of this country display the "Swiss cheese" effect.
Definition
U.S.
Term
How are governments in the U.K. fighting sprawl?
Definition
greenbelts, smart growth
Term
List the 3 negatives of sprawl:
Definition
1- loss of farmland
2- increased taxes to build roads, provide electricity
3- waste of energy due to low density
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Suburbs are segregated in these 2 ways:
Definition
1- residents physically separated from commercial/manufacturing areas
2- housing is built for people in a single social class
Term
What type of public transportation first spurred growth of suburbs?
Definition
Railroads and trolleys
Term
List 3 positives of public transportation:
Definition
you could have:
1- helps with reducing rush hour
2- more energy efficient
3- cheaper
4- saves space
Term
list 3 negatives with public transportation:
Definition
You could have:
1- some can't afford it
2- less flexibility
3- less accessible in suburbs
4- fewer users lead to higher costs, which leads to fewer users, which leads to..
Term
List 3 positives of motor vehicles:
Definition
you could have:
1- more flexibility
2- more privacy
3- safer from crime
4- better for those who can't access public transit
Term
List 3 negatives of motor vehicles:
Definition
you could have:
1- contributes to rush hour
2- takes up too much space
3- wastes energy
4- expensive for the city and government due to congestion
Term
Why is public transit more used in some other countries?
Definition
Fewer people have cars, more emphasized by government
Term
What is Maryland doing to deal with sprawl?
Definition
smart growth
Term
Inner-city Camden displays many statistics similar to those of ___.
Definition
LDCs
Term
Define greenbelt
Definition
A ring of land maintained as parks, farmland, and other types of open space to limit sprawl
Term
Define peripheral model
Definition
a model of N. American urban areas that consists of an inner city surrounded by suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road
Term
Legally adding land to a U.S. city is known as
Definition
annexation
Term
This social group suffers from many economic and social problems, and is increasingly unable to compete for jobs due to lack of education and skill.
Definition
underclass
Term
define gentrification
Definition
process of converting an urban neighborhood from mostly low-income to mostly middle-class.
Term
An illegal practice in which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money within the boundaries
Definition
redlining
Term
In this model, social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes.
Definition
multiple nuclei
Term
Model in which social groups are arranged in wedges radiating out from the CBD
Definition
sector model
Term
change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
Definition
density gradient
Term
define edge city
Definition
large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
Term
A micropolitan statistical area has between _____ and _____ inhabitants.
Definition
10,000 and 50,000
Term
Law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
Definition
zoning ordinance
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