URBAN PATTERNS MATCH Worksheet

The area of a city where retail & office activities are clustered.
an urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit.
 An urbanized area, The county/town within the city is located, & Adjacent counties with a connection to a central city.
>50,000 inhabitants
2,500-50,000
A city grows outward from a central area in a series of rings.
A city grows in a series of sectors (wedges) from the center.
A city is a complex structure that includes more than one node where activities revolve.
Nodes of consumer & business services around an urban area.
the study of where people of varying living standards, ethnic background, & lifestyle live within an urban area.
Neighborhoods in Urban areas.
The process of legally adding land area to a city.
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban growth and preserve farmland.
The development of suburbs at relatively low density and at locations that aren’t contiguous to the existing built up area. 
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery.
An urban area consists of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential & service nodes tied together by a beltway.
the four consecutive 15-minute periods in the morning with the heaviest volumes of traffic. 
A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society
The process of change in a house, from family-owned to abandonment.
The process by which financial institutions draw red-colored lines on a map and refuse to lend money to people within the lines.
the process of converting an urban neighborhood from a low-income area to a predominantly middle-class area. 
Government-owned housing rented to low-income individuals, with rents at 30% of the tenant’s income.