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Chapter 9

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City   show
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First Urban Revolution   show
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show Region in southwest Asia where the first urban revolution occurred around 2200 BCE.  
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Nile River Valley   show
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Indus River Valley   show
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Huang He and Wei Valleys   show
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Mesoamerica   show
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Urban morphology   show
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show Division of a city into different regions (e.g., residential or industrial) by use or purpose (e.g., housing or manufacturing).  
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Site   show
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Situation   show
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show The upper, fortified part of an ancient Greek city. Commonly a religious site.  
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Rank-size rule   show
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Primate city   show
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show Walter Christaller’s theory that the size and locations of cities, towns, and villages are logically and regularly distributed.  
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Hinterland   show
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Central Business District (CBD)   show
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show Urban area that is not suburban. Generally, the older or original city that is surrounded by suburbs.  
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show A built-up residential and shopping district connected to a central city by major transportation routes.  
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Suburbanization   show
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show Urban model that explains the distribution of social groups around a central business district (CBD) using 5 concentric zones with the newest built on the outskirts. Created by Ernest Burgess in 1925 based on Chicago, United States.  
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Sector Model (Hoyt)   show
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show Layout of American cities, including a central business district (CBD) and suburban business districts that each serve as nuclei around which businesses and residences cluster.  
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Edge cities   show
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show 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.  
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Latin American City Model (Griffin-Ford/New Ford)   show
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Disamenity sector   show
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African City Model (DeBlij)   show
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show Model of Southeast Asian cities showing a city with an old colonial port zone surrounded by a large commercial district and no formal CBD. Designed to help see the layers of history built in cities in Southeast Asia.  
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Zoning laws   show
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Redlining   show
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Blockbusting   show
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show Movement of whites from the city and adjacent neighborhoods to outlying suburbs in response to a growth in the number of residents who are a different race. Common in U.S. cities in response to blockbusting.  
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show Renewal or rebuilding of a lower income neighborhood into a middle- to upper-class neighborhood, which results in driving up property values and rents and the dispossession of lower income residents.  
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Teardowns   show
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show Large homes often built in place of tear-downs in American suburbs.  
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Urban sprawl   show
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New Urbanism   show
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show residential neighborhoods where access is controlled in order to define exclusive space and deter movement of people and traffic through the neighborhood.  
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Urban Geopolitics   show
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Megacity   show
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show Manufacturing conducted in slums, typically relying on intensive hand labor and low-cost machines.  
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show Portion of the economy that is not taxed or regulated by government. Goods and services are exchanged based on barter or cash systems, and earnings are not reported to government.  
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