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9750468416Ecumeneland where people have made their permanent home.0
9750473758UrbanizationThe movement of people to, and the clustering of people in1
9750473759SuburbanizationMovement of upper and middle-class people from urban core areas to the surrounding outskirts to escape pollution as well as deteriorating social condition2
9750475949Satellite cityA city which is greater than two times the next largest city3
9750475950Time-space compressionincreasing sense of connectivity that seems to be bringing people closer together even thought their distances are the same4
9750477515Borchert's modelRings5
9750477516Gravity modelinteractions between two cities6
9750479574Rank-size ruleA pattern of settlements in a country, such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.7
9750479575Primate cityThe largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement8
9750482478Central place theoryexplain the number, size and location of human settlements in a residential system9
9750482479Central placeprovides services to other areas10
9750483803Hexagonal hinterlandsthe shape of each trade area11
9750485128Thresholdthe minimum number of people needed for a service to be worthwhile12
9750487138Rangethe nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.13
9750487139Megalopolisan extensive concentration of urbanized settlement formed by a coalescence of several metropolitan areas14
9750490309Concentric zone modelsocial groups spread apart15
9750490310Central business district (CBD)The downtown heart of a central city16
9750491645Burgess Modelcircuar areas different land use17
9750491646Hoyt's modelresidential patterns18
9750493499Multiple-nuclei modelCBD not center the puzzle piece one19
9750494993Peripheral modelinner city surrounded by residential areas20
9750494994Griffen-Ford Modelthriving CBD with circular zones21
9750496812shantytowns/favelasUnplanned slum development on the margins of cities22
9750496813Squatter settlementsAn 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 structures23
9750498716McGee Modelthe fan24
9750500213Residential density gradient25
9750500214Urban planningdevelopment and use of land26
9750501281Bedroom communities27
9750501282Urban redlining28
9750503827GentrificationA process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-occupied area29
9750503828Food desertslarge number of individguals not being located by a super market30
9750505098Urban sprawlcities expand outward31
9750505099Racial segregationthe separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.32
9750507305sustainabilitythe ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.33
9750507306greenbeltsA ring of land maintained as parks, agricultural, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area34

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