Transcript URBAN EXPANSION & SUBURBIA - AP Human Geo

URBAN EXPANSION &
SUBURBIA
OBJ: YOU’LL BE ABLE TO
SUMMARIZE THE TYPES OF URBAN
EXPANISON & IT’S EFFECTS
PERIPHERAL MODEL: DRAW & LABEL
VOCABULARY
• CITY: LEGAL INCORPORATED, INDEPENDENT, SELF
GOVERNING SETTLEMENT
• URBAN AREA: DENSE CORE OF CENSUS TRACTS, DENSELY
SETTLED SUBURBS & LOW DENSITY LAND LINKED TO CORE
• URBANIZED AREA: 50,000K+
• URBAN CLUSTER: 2,500-50,000
• METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA): THE
MEASUREMENT FOR THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF A CITY, AT
LEAST 50K POPULATION
• MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA: 10K-50K INHABITANTS
• CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREAS (CBA): COMBO OF METRO
& MICRO
MEGALOPOLIS: CONTINUOUS URBAN COMPLEX FORMED BY
LARGE, CLOSEBY METRO AREAS
• BOSTON-WASHINGTON, DC
• GERMANY’S RHINE/RUHR AREA
ANNEXATION: PROCESS OF LEGALLY ADDING LAND AREA TO A CITY
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HISTORICALLY, U.S.
RESISDENTS
PREFERRED
ANNEXATION
TODAY, NOT SO
MUCH
WHY?
DENSITY GRADIENT:
DENSITY CHANGE IN
AN URBAN AREA
WHAT HAPPENS TO
THE # OF HOUSES
PER UNIT OF LAND
AS PEOPLE MOVE
AWAY FROM THE
CITY?
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING THE DREAM
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SPRAWL:
PROGRESSIVE SPREAD
OF DEVELOPMENT
OVER THE LANDSCAPE
FOSTERED B Y DESIRE
OF INDIVIDUALS TO
OWN LARGE TRACTS
OF LAND
WHAT ARE THE
COSTS? NEGATIVE
IMPACTS?
GREENBELTS: RINGS
OF OPEN SPACE IN
MANY BRITISH CITIES.
SMART GROWTH:
LEGISLATION &
REGULATIONS TO
LIMIT SUBURBAN
SPRAWL
PROBLEMS IN THE
SUBURBS
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SEGREGATION: CLASS, RACE,
ETHNICITY, LAND USE
WHERE ARE THE SERVICES?
EDGE CITY: A LARGE NODE OF
BUSINESS & CONSUMER SERVICES IN
THE SUBURBS OF AN URBAN AREA
WHAT SERVICES WILL MIGRATE TO
THE EDGE CITIES?
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CBD?