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Buying up of houses and letting an area decline so it can be redeveloped.
The practice of illegally frightening homeowners by telling them that people who are members of a particular race, religion, or national origin are moving into their neighborhood and that they should expect a decline in the value of their property. The purpose of this scheme is to get the homeowners to sell out at a deflated price. |
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| An area from which a central place draws customers and over which it distributes and supplies goods |
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| For any potential good there is a minimum demand or size of market necessary for the profitable sale of goods |
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| The maximum distance an individual will travel to obtain a given good or service |
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| The population spread out from the urban core into peripheral zones |
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| Limits imposed by banks or mortgage companies on who they lend money to |
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| Homes that were once owned by wealthy people are subdivided repeatedly and run by slumlords and then become unfit for residence |
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| The process by which higher socioeconomic groupings have moved into declining areas and renovated the housing |
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| The dominant city in a region that has outgrown the other cities in size and function. It tends to have the finest goods, the rarest articles, the greatest talents, most wealth, best economy, and the most political power. |
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| If all the urban settlements in an area are ranked in descending order of population, the nth town or city will be 1/nth of the largest. |
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| The characteristics of the point at which a settlement is located which makes the best possible use of the surrounding environment |
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| Name four functions of a city |
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| Any of the following: Market, Mining, Manufacturing, Dormitory, Overspill, Route Center/Nodal Point, Commercial, or Administrative |
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| Counter urbanization is the movement of population from major cities to less urbanized and rural areas beyond the outer suburbs. The movement was stimulated by negative externalities of the city such as congestion, high prices, pollution and aided by the increasing mobility of the population. |
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| The location of functions within in a city in terms of economic factors and land use |
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| Name the five lines in the bid-rent graph |
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| 1. Retail/Commercial, 2. Offices/Industry/Warehouses, 3. Multi-family dwellings, 4. Single Family Residences, 5. Agriculture |
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| Why is there retailing in the suburbs? |
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| Open land allows for low density development, easier car movement required for modern industry and retail |
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| Name two features that might limit the spread of the CBD |
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| Physical features such as a river, planning |
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| Name two types of declining land use found on the edge of the CBD |
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| Zone in transition (industry/working men's homes) and Retailing |
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