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what is CBD, and where is it located in American city models?

central business district- hub for Public, business, and consumer services

center

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What are census tracts?


small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity 

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How were edge cities developed?

The nodes of consumer and business services around the beltway are called edge cities. Edge cities originated as suburban residences for people who worked in the central city, and then shopping malls were built to be near the resi- dents. Now edge cities also contain business services.


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what difficulty is faced by cities when paying for sevices
reducing services or raising taxes
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Define smart growth
legislation and regulations limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland 
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list all three types of services and give examples.

public services- City Hall and county and state agencies court library

business services-Advertising , banking, finance, journalism, law

consumer services- retail 

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what are the 3 American city models and their differences between the?

Concentric zone model (burgess) 1923

E. w. Burgess 

age marital stature and gender

 Sector model 1939 homer hoyt 

based on social class gender and wealth

 Multiple nuclei model 1945 c. d. harris & e.l. Ullman 

race ethnessity 

 
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define Urbanized area, how does this relate to urban cluster?

consists of continuously build-up landscape of buildings and populations so that political boundaries are simple imaginary lines that separate them.

an urbanized area can be a part of an urban cluster.

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cities face ______, _______, and _______ difficulties, but some improvements have also occurred
physical, social, economic
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define megalopolis
a continuos urban complex in the northeaster united states
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because of a lack of residents in American CBD's what is happening in manufacturing districts?
because of a lack of workers and space in the CBDs manufacturing districts are moving t suburbs. 
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List 5 ways that a European CBD differs from a North American example

A. skyscrapers

B. street with

C. building code 

D. more historic

E. centered around semi public services like churches 

 


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what is a Metropolitan Statistical Area and  how many, and where, are they in the US?


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.

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some cities have seen the revival of ______ services downtown since the recession of 2008
retail
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an are within a city in a LDC in which people illegal establish residences with homemade structures
squatter settlement
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Department stores have a ______ threshold.
High
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Who created the centric zone model and what does it explain
Burgess created the model that explains the distribution of social groups within urban areas
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What is the galactic city model all about
suburbs
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Define an urban cluster
an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants
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two or more contagious core-based statistical areas are tied together by commuting patterns 
combined statistical area (CSA)
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What are push factors to cities
Jobs, Bad Education, Lack of Opportunity
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Who created the sector model and what does it explain
Hoyt created the model to show as a cities grows, activities expand in sectors
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what are the three characteristics of a city
1) a city is a legal entity, 2) an urban area is a continuously built up area, 3) a metropolitan area is a functional area
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Describe the processes of deterioration and gentrification in cities
1) filtering and redlining, 2) massive public housing for poor that are demolished, 3) rich people take over the demolished area (gentrification)
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Define core based statistical area (CBSA)
the combination of all metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas