City model found in Latin America that takes aspects of the concentric zone model and the sector model. Latin American CBDs are connected to a "mall" through a "spine."
Central Business District (CBD)
The main business and commercial area of a town or city.
Disamenity Zone
The very poorest parts of cities that in extreme cases are not even connected to city services (amenities).
Squatter Settlement
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own. Many of these are also shantytowns, or collections of makeshift shelters built of scrap metal and lumber.
Gentrification
The renovations and improvements conforming to middle-class preferences.
African City Model
City model found in African cities with three different CBDs. The impact that European Colonialism has had is clearly evident.
Local Food Movement
Encouraging people to eat foods which are grown or farmed relatively close to the places of sale and preparation.
Harris and Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model
A city is a complex structure that includes more than one center (nodes) around which activities revolve.
Southeast Asian City Model
City model found in Southeast Asian cities where Focus is often a former colonial port zone (former colonizers wanted to trade with these countries).
Blockbusting
Real estate agents would convince white families to sell their houses cheap by stirring up concern that African-American families would soon move into a neighborhood,then sell for a profit. Promoted fear of minorities.
