Definition: A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community.Example: I don't knowApplication: Very Important because Zoning Ordinance affects urban areas.
  • Zoning Ordinance
  • Council of Government
  • Concentric Zone Model
  • Density Gradient
Definition: A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district (CBD).Example: I don't knowApplication: Very Important because Sector Model affects urban areas.
  • Urban Renewal
  • Peripheral Model
  • Sector Model
  • Gentrification
Definition: Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area.Example: I don't knowApplication: Very Important because Sprawl affects urban areas.
  • Sector Model
  • Sprawl
  • Greenbelt
  • Redlining
Definition: A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.Example:DartApplication:Very Important because Concentric Zone Model affects urban areas.
  • Concentric Zone Model
  • Council of Government
  • Rush (or Peak) Hour
  • Multiple Nuclei Model
Definition: A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road.Example: Peripheral Application: Very Important because Peripheral Model affects urban areas.
  • Multiple Nuclei Model
  • Sector Model
  • Peripheral Model
  • Gentrification
Definition: Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland.Example: NYCApplication: Very Important because Smart Growth affects urban areas.
  • Smart Growth
  • Density Gradient
  • Sector Model
  • Filtering
Definition: An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urban areas, census tracks correspond roughly to neighborhoods.Example: CensusApplication:Very Important because Census Tract affects urban areas.
  • Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
  • Census Tract
  • Annexation
  • Underclass
Definition: An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the country in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city.Example: MSAApplication: Very Important because Micropolitan Statistical Area affects urban areas.
  • Concentric Zone Model
  • Multiple Nuclei Model
  • Micropolitan Statistical Area
  • Council of Government
Definition: Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to low-income residents, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families' incomes.Example: Important for low class citizensApplication: Very Important because Public Housing affects urban areas.
  • Underclass
  • Public Housing
  • Squatter Settlement
  • Edge City
Definition: Program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private owners, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers.Example: NYCApplication: Very Important because Urban Renewal affects urban areas.
  • Sector Model
  • Peripheral Model
  • Gentrification
  • Urban Renewal
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures.Example: NYCApplication: Very Important because Squatter Settlement affects urban areas.
  • Census Tract
  • Edge City
  • Underclass
  • Squatter Settlement
Definition: A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.Example: RedliningApplication: Very Important because Redlining affects urban areas.
  • Redlining
  • Filtering
  • Gentrification
  • Greenbelt
Definition: A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area.Example: Plants and such on the borderApplication:Very Important because Greenbelt affects urban areas.
  • Sector Model
  • Redlining
  • Gentrification
  • Greenbelt
Definition: A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner to abandonment.Example: ForclosureApplication:Very Important because Filtering affects urban areas.
  • Smart Growth
  • Redlining
  • Greenbelt
  • Filtering
Definition: The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic.Example: Peak hourApplication: Very Important because Rush (or Peak) Hour affects urban areas.
  • Multiple Nuclei Model
  • Council of Government
  • Concentric Zone Model
  • Rush (or Peak) Hour
Definition: Legally adding land area to a city in the United States.Example: Expands Urban Areas.Application: Very Important because Annexation affects urban areas.
  • Census Tract
  • Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
  • Edge City
  • Annexation
Definition: In the United States, a central city of at least 50000 population, the country within which the city is located, and adjacent countries meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city.Example: MSAApplication:Very Important because Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) affects urban areas.
  • Annexation
  • Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
  • Underclass
  • Census Tract
Definition: A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area.Example: WestchesterApplication:Very Important because Edge City affects urban areas.
  • Annexation
  • Underclass
  • Squatter Settlement
  • Edge City
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