Unit 6 Vocab Part 1 Word Scramble
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| Site | The place where the settlement is located. |
| Situation | Describes where the settlement is in relation to other settlements and features of the surrounding area. |
| Urbanization | The movement of people from rural areas to cities. |
| Periphery | The lesser developed part of a town or region, that is usually located at the edge of the cities/regions and far away from the developed, more "sophisticated" and often beautiful city/regional center. |
| Semi-Periphery | Part of a city that shares characteristics of main city and periphery. |
| Urban Sprawl | Tendency of cities to grow outward in an unchecked manner. |
| Urban Decentralization | To move business operations from core city areas into outlying areas such as suburbs. |
| Boomburgs | A suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents. |
| Edge City | A concentration of business, shopping and entertainment that developed in the suburbs, outside of a city’s traditional downtown or central business district. |
| Exurbs | A semi-rural district located beyond the suburbs that is often inhabited by “well-to-do” families. |
| Megacity | A city with 10 million inhabitants or more. |
| Metacity | A city with 20 million inhabitants or more. |
| Suburbanization | Movement of people from urban core areas to the surrounding outskirts of a city. |
| World Cities | (Global city) a city that is a control center of the global economy, in which major decisions are made about the world’s commercial networks and financial markets. |
| Urban Hierarchy | A ranking of settlements (hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis) according to their size and economic functions. |
| Infrastructure | The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. |
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