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| a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood |
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| the area of a city where retail and office activity are clustered |
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| An area deliniated by the us beureau of the census for which statisitcs are published; in urbanized areas, census tracts correspond roughly to neighborhoods |
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| similar to a landscape, yet of a city (cityscapes often show the city's skyline, which is the CBD) |
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| transforming of an area of a city into spaces of consumption - areas attractive to residents and tourists alike in terms of economic activity. |
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| the outer most zone of the Concentric Zone Model that represents people who choose to live in residential suburbia and take a daily commute in the CBD to work |
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| net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries |
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| the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts |
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| The very poorest parts of cities that in extreme cases are not connected to regular city services and are controlled by gangs and drug lords. |
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| the wealth produced in or near a community that provides employment and income to the local population |
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| Those economic activities of an urban unit that supply the resident population with goods and services and that have no "export" implication |
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| money flowing into the city |
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| cities that are located on the outskirts of larger cities and serve many of the same functions of urban areas, but in a sprawling, decentralized suburban environment. |
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| City currently without much population but increasing in size at a fast rate (learned about cities that are growing at a fast rate) |
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| a trading center, or simply a trading warehouse where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying for import duties, often at a profit |
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| a neighborhood, typically situated in larger metropolitan cities and constructed by or comprised of local culture, in which a local culture can practice its customs |
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| female-dominated household |
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| a household dominated by a woman |
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| a city that serves as a link between one country or region and others because of its physical situation |
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| trend of mid to high-income Americans moving into city centers and rehabilitating much of the architechture and also replacing the low-income population |
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| A process occurring in many inner cities in which they become dilapidated centers of poverty, as affluent whites move out to the suburbs and immigrants and people of color vie for scarce jobs and resources. |
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| centers of economic, culture and political activity that are strongly interconnected and together control the global systems of finance and commerce |
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| cities with populations over one million |
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| a ring of land maintained as parks, agricultural, or other types of open space that limit the sprawl of an urban area |
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| areas along or near major transportation arteries that are devoted to the research, development, and sale of high-technology products |
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