Examples
Chernobyl is an extreme example of a ______
Brownfield
urbanization is leaving the _____ to move to the _____
rural / country to move to the urban city
What are informal settlements where people illegally live in buildings?
Name of settlement - not type of people =
Squatter Settlement
Racial steering is an example of:
- voting discrimination
- driver discrimination
- housing discrimination
- healthcare discrimination
housing discrimination
What is the population required to be considered a Megacity?
10 million people
A smaller, roundish country with a centrally located government is what country shape?
Compact
Which is not an example of infrastracture:
climate
gas/oil
roads/bridge
hospitals
climate
What is counter-urbanization?
The process by which people migrate from urban to rural communities
Leaving the city to live in a rural area
What is the purpose of greenbelt areas?
Limits urban sprawl
Preserves farmland, parks, forests and other green areas
This is the name given to a poor area occupied by a group of people with same cultural background
Ethnic Ghetto
the maximum time or distance you are willing to travel for a service or product
range
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
which of these is not an example of an urban pull factor:
- better education and healthcare
- more job opportunities
- more access to farmland
- more access to public transportation
more access to farmland
who is primarily in charge of urban planning in the United States
the local governments
What does CBD stand for?
Central Bureau District
practice of persuading homeowners to sell property cheaply due to their fear of people of another race moving into the same neighborhood, while then selling the home to the new resident at a higher price?
Blockbusting
the minimum number of employees needed to operate a business effectively
threshold
What does GNI stand for?
Gross National Income
NYC, Chicago and Houston are examples of this type of urban area:
Metropolitan area
(50k or more people)
the process of growth and development of urban/city areas
urbanization
Metropolitan area is also known as a _____ ______
Micropolitan area is also known as a _____ _____
Metro: "Urban Area"
Micro: "Urban Cluster"
discriminatory practice of denying services like loans to residents based on their racial or ethnic identity due to stereotypes surrounding their ability to pay and in efforts to preserve the ethnic makeup of a neighborhood?
Redlining
which of these has the highest threshold
Florence Chick Fil A
Carowinds Amusement Park
QT gas station
Carowinds Amusement Park
When Jewish homeland was devasted and this ethnic group scattered to different areas, that was called __________
diaspora
Name an example of a Megalopolis
(covered in this Unit)
Boston-Washington
Pearl River Delta
Delhi-NCR
Nile Delta & Greater Cairo
Greater Tehran
Quebec-Windsor
Greater Buenos Aires
what is the primary concern of urban land planning
the distribution and organization of land within the city
What change did the invention of the railroad in the 1800s bring about in terms of living arrangements?
It allowed people to move further away from their place of employment
Name all 3 forms of housing discrimination covered in this unit
Redlining
Racial Steering
Blockbusting
the term used to describe an area when two or metropolitan areas are close together
megalopolis
What is the difference between outsourcing and offshoring?
Outsourcing
Company A uses Company B for service/product
Offshoring
Company A has locations/branches in different countries