* Study the Ch 9 reading quiz * Notecards * Notes * The chapter

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* The region adjacent to a city that is influenced economically by that city

* The rule that states that a city’s population is inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy

* The theory of city location that divides land into hexagonal patterns of cities, towns, villages, and hamlets

* The movement of millions of people from the North and Northeast of the US to the Southwest and South

* the division of the city into certain regions (zones) for certain purposes (functions) * -zones are regions of cities (industrial zones, residential zones)

* Besides the central business district, what are the other 2 parts of an urban area

Which model divides cities into ever-widening circles broken down into these categories? 1. CBD 2. Zone of transition: residential deterioration and encroaching by business and light manufacturing 3. Residential zone for blue collar workers 4. Middle class residences 5. Suburban ring

* former suburbs that develop to the point that they became cities in their own right

* areas so poor that they are cut off from most city services and often controlled by drug lords

* unplanned developments of crude dwellings and shelters made of scrap materials * Created by rural migrants to urban areas

* movement of wealthier people into city neighborhoods who buy property; raising rents and displacing lower-income people

* big suburban houses that all look very similar

* unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments, and roads over large expanses of land with little concern for urban planning (cities growing out instead of up)

* fenced-in neighborhoods with controlled access gates for people and cars. Often have private security and cameras

* a country’s leading city, always disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national capacity and feeling