Urban Studies Concepts and Theories

A relatively small village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture.

Agricultural production in excess which the producer needs for his own sustenance for his family and then sold for consumption by the market.

<p>Area where a large trade organization is taking place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Theory proposed by Christaller that explains how and where central places in the urban hierarchy should be functionally distributed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The division of a city into different regions, or zones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The downtown heart of a central city, marked by high land values, a concentration of business and commerce, and the clustering of the tallest buildings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Movement of upper and middle-class people from urban core areas to the surrounding outskirts to escape pollution as well as deteriorating social conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A structural model of the American central city that has five concentric land-use rings arranged around a common center.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Group of decision-makers and organizers in early cities who controlled the resources, and often the lives, of others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Region of great cities located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; chronologically the first urban hearth, dating to 3500 BCE.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chronologically the second urban hearth dating back to 3200 BCE.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chronologically the third urban hearth dating back to 2200 BCE.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rivers in present-day China; it was at their confluence where chronologically the fourth urban hearth was founded by the Chinese.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The shifting focus of urbanization in the USA away from the Central Business District toward new loci of economic activity at the urban fringe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A model of the Latin American city showing a blend of traditional elements of Latin American culture with globalization forces.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A model showing similar land-use patterns among medium-sized cities of Southeast Asia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unplanned slum development on the margins of cities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Discriminatory real estate practice in North America preventing members of minority groups from purchasing homes in predominantly white neighborhoods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapid change in the racial composition of residential blocks in American cities due to real estate agents stirring fears of neighborhood decline.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The internal physical attributes of a place, including its absolute location, spatial character, and physical setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The external location attributes of a place; its relative location or regional position with reference to other nonlocal places.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unrestricted growth in many American urban areas of housing, commercial development, and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for urban planning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large town; a place or situation characterized by a specified attribute.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town; denoting or relating to popular dance music of black origin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata, based upon their occupation, income, wealth, and social status.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which small, kin-based, nonliterate societies transitioned to complex urban societies.</p> Signup and view all the answers