GEO-1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Urban Sprawl, Rush Hour, Gentrification
Document Summary
The best known and most visually distinctive area of most cities is downtown, which geographers define by the more precise term cbd. Public, consumer, and business services cluster in the cbd because of its accessibility. The process by which the population of cities and towns grow. An increase in the # of people living in cities. An increase in the % of people living in cities. 2 factors occur for different reasons and have different global distributions. An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self- governing unit. Most central cities have declined in population since 1950. Consists of a central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs. The us census recognizes 2 types of urban areas. An urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000. The county within which the city is located. Adjacent counties with a high population density and a large percentage of residents working in the central city"s county.
