Vocabulary
What is a site?
The physical character of place; what is found at the location and why it is significant
What is the definition of civilization
Is a complex and highly organized social order.
Is the growth of cities outside of an urban area. They grow in the galactic/edge city model because of the interstate highway and the availability of goods outside of the city.
Suburbanization
True or False
Changes in transportation and communication influence urbanization
True
What is a Situation?
The location of a place relative to other places
Many cities develop along transportation and trade routes. Changes in the way we transport can change a city.
Please name two ways we transport resources
Waterways
Railroads
Air
Sea ports
Are urban areas with over 20 million people and are ranked by population size, whereas world cities are ranked in order of their importance to the global economy.
Metacities
True or False
Government Policies influence urbanization
True
The process by which people live and are employed in a city. Is Called what
Urbanization
True or false
Many cities have developed along trade routes
True
The expansion of cities and urban areas into surrounding rural or undeveloped land
Urban Sprawl
Home to a variety of cultures, rich agriculture, and trade over thousands of years.often called the “cradle of civilization,” is found in the Middle East
Fertile Crescent
A group of two or more roughly adjacent metropolitan areas, which may be somewhat separated or may merge into a continuous urban region. Is called what?
Megalopolis
Economic development will influence urbanization.
Please name a some economic functions that have a impact on urbanization
Manufacturing
Tourism
Services
Governmental/Political
The increasing connection of economic, cultural, and political characteristics across the world.
Globalization
Name at least three factors that influence Urbanization and suburbanization
Transportation
Communication
Population growth
Migration
Economic development
Government policies
A city that has a very large, and growing, population. They are characterized by high natural population growth, as well as high rates of immigration. Typically found in developing countries. What is this called?
Megacities
Is a place where you transfer goods from one kind of transport to another. what is this term called?
Break-of-Bulk points
The settlements in a country are ranked by population size, the population of a settlement ranked n will be 1/nth of the size of the largest settlement.
Rank-size rule
Cities can develop because of multiple situations: please name me three of them.
Break of bulk points
Head of navigation
Entrepot or Ports
Railheads
Security and defense