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=College Board: Cities and Urban Land Use Unit Overview=

VII. Cities and Urban Land Use

A. Definitions of urbanism B. Origin and evolution of cities
 * 1) Historical patterns of urbanization
 * 2) Rural–urban migration and urban growth
 * 3) Global cities and megacities
 * 4) Models of urban systems

C. Functional character of contemporary cities
 * 1) Changing employment mix
 * 2) Changing demographic and social structures

D. Built environment and social space
 * 1) Comparative models of internal city structure
 * 2) Transportation and infrastructure
 * 3) Political organization of urban areas
 * 4) Urban planning and design
 * 5) Patterns of race, ethnicity, gender, and class
 * 6) Uneven development, ghettoization, and gentrification
 * 7) Impacts of suburbanization and edge cities

A city is a conglomeration of people and buildings clustered together to serve as center of politics, culture, and economics. The word urban is a term used to describe the buildup of the central city and suburban realm-the city and the surrounding environs connected to the city. Assumptions of Models (Assumptions/When not applicable) =(Above) Sector Model- 3D interpretation= =-Click to see the models-=
 * Models of Urban Land Use: ** Need to Know
 * All: ** All land is equally arable, there are no obstructions, urban development follows a precise pattern, there is distinct and or legally-enforced zonation/ Other situations than assumptions, outside of specific zone
 * Sector: ** (Chicago School) The wealthy can choose to live in their preferred area/ Outside North America, or in modern world
 * Concentric: ** (Chicago School) As the city grew, more zones developed and each pushed out on the zone around them/ Outside North America, or in modern world
 * Multiple Nuclei: ** (Chicago School) As the city grew, CBD lost its dominant role as the center of urbanization/ Outside North America, or in modern world

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Vocabulary List for AP Human Geography
__**Great cities**____**High-tech corridors**____**Hinterland**____**Hydraulic civilization**____**Indigenous city**____**In-filling**____**Informal sector**____**Infrastructure**____**Inner city**____**Invasion and succession**____**Lateral commuting**____**Medieval cities**____**Megacities**____**Megalopolis/conurbation**____**Metropolitan area**____**Multiple nuclei model**____**Multiplier effect**____**Neighborhood**____**Office park**____**Peak land value intersection**____**Planned communities**____**Postindustrial city**____**Postmodern urban landscape**____**Primate city**____**Racial steering**____**Rank-size rule**____**Redlining**____**Restrictive covenants**____**Sector model**____**Segregation**____**Settlement form (nucleated, dispersed, elongated)**____**Shopping mall**____**Site/situation**____**Slum**__ || **__Social structure__****__Specialization__****__Squatter settlement__****__Street pattern (grid, dendritic; access, control)__****__Suburb__****__Suburbanization__****__Symbolic landscape__** **__Tenement__** **__Threshold/range__****__Town__****__Underclass__****__Underemployment__****__Urban growth rate__****__Urban function__****__Urban hearth area__****__Urban heat island__****__Urban hierarchy__****__Urban hydrology__****__Urban morphology__****__Urbanization__****__Urbanized population__****__World city__****__Zone in transition__** **__Zoning__** || =**@http://quizlet.com/8819483/cities-and-urban-land-use-flash-cards/**= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0jhOZPARY
 * __**Agglomeration**____**Barriadas**____**Bid-rent theory**____**Blockbusting**____**CBD (central business district)**____**Census tract**____**Centrality**____**Centralization**____**Central place theory**____**Christaller, Walter**____**City**____**Cityscapes**____**Colonial city**____**Commercialization**____**Commuter zone**____**Concentric zone model**____**Counterurbanization**____**Decentralization**____**Deindustrialization**____**Early cities**____**Economic base (basic/nonbasic)**____**Edge city**____**Emerging cities**____**Employment structure**__ || __**Entrepôt**____**Ethnic neighborhood**____**Favela**____**Female-headed household**____**Festival landscape**____**Gateway city**____**Gender**____**Gentrification**____**Ghetto**__ __**Globalization**__
 * (the vocabulary for this unit can be practiced by clicking the link above)**

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Edge City
An edge city is a term introduced by American journalist Joel Garreau in order to describe the shifting focus of urbanization in the United States economic activity at the urban fringe. These cities are characterized by extensive amounts of office and retail space, few residential areas, and mordern buildings (less than 30 years old). A slum is a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
 * SLUM **

MEGACITY
A megacity is usually defined as a metropolitican area with a total population in excess of 10 million people. **Rio de Janeiro** **New York City**

Read about Slums: "India's slum-dwellers fear eye in the sky heralds demolition of their homes" @http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/22/india Read about The world's megacities: "By 2025, the number of megacities with a population greater than 10 million will grow from 21 to 29 and account for 10.3 percent of the world's urban population, according to the United Nations." @http://articles.cnn.com/2010-04-08/tech/urban.planet.megacities_1_megacities-population-new-delhi?_s=PM:TECH Read about Giant escalators in Slum: "Residents of one of the dangerous slums in Medellin, Colombia, now have a faster way to make it to the top of the steep hillside district of Comuna 13: a set of escalators that will help them climb the equivalent of a 18-story building." http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/27/giant-escalators-help-poor-in-medellin-cearcholombia/?iref=alls __**WORK CIT**____**ED:**__ __**PICTURES**__ [] [] []
 * __CURRENT EVENTS__**

"Giant Escalators Help Poor in Medellin, Colombia – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs." //This Just In - CNN.com Blogs//. Web. 04 Jan. 2012. . "India's Slum-dwellers Fear Eye in the Sky Heralds Demolition of Their Homes | World News | Guardian.co.uk." //Latest News, Sport and Comment from the Guardian | The Guardian//. Web. 04 Jan. 2012. [].
 * __Current Events__**

"The World's Megacities - CNN." //Featured Articles from CNN//. 08 Apr. 2010. Web. 04 Jan. 2012. .

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