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Annexation |
Legally adding land area to a city in the United States. |
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Census tract |
An area delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urban areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods. |
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Carbon capture and storage |
The process of capturing waste CO2, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally underground. |
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Centtlral business district (CBD) |
The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered. |
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Combined statistical area (CSA) |
In the United States, two or more contiguous CBSAs tied together by commuting patterns. |
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Concentric Zone model |
A model of the internal structure of cities in which two social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings. |
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Core-based Statistical area (CBSA) |
In the United States, ant MSA or uSA |
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Central city (city) |
An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality. |
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Density gradient |
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery. |
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Filtering |
A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment. |
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Megalopolis |
A continuous urban complex in the northeastern United States. |
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Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) |
In the United States, an urbanized area of at least 50000 population, the county within which the city is located, and adjacent counties meeting at least one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city. |
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Micropolitan statistical area (uSA) |
An urbanized area of between 10000 a nd 50000 inhabitants, the county in which it is located, and adjacent counties tied to the city. |
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Informal settlement |
An 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 structures. |
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Gentrification |
A process of converting am urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, rental-occupied area to a pre- dominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area. |
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Edge city |
A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area., |
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Multiple Nuclei model |
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities. |
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Public housing |
Government-owned housing rented to low-income individuals, with rents set at 30% of the tenant's income. |
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Sector model |
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, raidiating out from the central business district. |
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Smart growth |
Legislation amd regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland. |
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Rush hour |
The four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic. |
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Peripheral model |
A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road. |
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Redlining |
A process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map, and refuse to lend money for people to purchase or improve property within the lines. |
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Primary Census Area (PSA) |
In the United States, any CSA, any MSA not included in a CSA, or any uSA not included in a CSA. |
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Social area analysis |
Statisticsl analysis used to identify whet people of similar living standards, ethnic backgrounds, and lifestyle within an urban area. |
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Suburb |
A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city. |
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Sustainable development |
Development that meets the needs of the present population without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. |
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Underclass |
A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics. |
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Urban cluster |
In the United States, an urban area with between 2500 and 50000 inhabitants. |
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Urbanized area |
In the United States, an urban area with at least 50000 inhabitants. |
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Urban area |
A central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs. |
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Sprawl |
Deevelopment of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the built-up area. |
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Zoning ordinance |
A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community. |