Model of Latin American cities showing central plazas and wide streets commonly designed by Spanish colonizers. Designed to help see the layers of history built in cities in Latin America.
Disamenity Sector
Residential zone where lowest income residents in the city live, especially in the Latin American city model. Often built on unstable or undesirable land.
Blockbusting
Rapidly changing racial or class composition of a neighborhood that occurs when real estate agents persuade residents to sell homes because of fear that another race or class of people is moving into the neighborhood.
New Urbanism
a planning and development approach based on the principles of how cities and towns had been built for the last several centuries,
First Urban Revolution
The transformation of societies from agriculture villages to permanently settled cities, which occurred independently in five separate hearths.
Suburb
A built-up residential and shopping district connected to a central city by major transportation routes.
Edge Cities
Large urban areas on the outskirts of major cities, typically found on major roads. Edge cities are characterized by extensive space for offices and retail, and few residential areas.
Situation
The position of a city or place relative to its surrounding environment or context.
Sector Model (Hoyt)
A structural model of the American city centered on a central business district with distinct areas of manufacturing and residences extending in wedge-shaped zones from the CBD (like pieces of pie).
Suburbanization
Transformation of farmland and small towns outside of an urban area into suburbs.
