GEOG 1HA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Mercantilism, Megacity, Central Place Theory
21 Dec 2016
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City: a legally defined entity, a municipality; incorporated places which are typically larger than a town or village with fixed boundaries and a locally elected government. Urban areas: spatial extent of built-up area surrounding and including an incorporated municipality, such as a city; they include built-up areas of various population sizes from about 200 people to tens of thousands of people. Suburb: residential or mixed used area on the periphery of the city, displaying some degree of homogeneity. Metropolitan area: region comprising two or more functionally connected urban areas and the less densely populated areas in between. (gta) Urban sprawl: expansion of an urban area into rural areas. Much of the growth in cities occurs in the less developing world. Megacity: metropolitan areas with populations of more than 10 million; increasing and many new megacities located in less developed world. In 1950, only 2 megacities: new york and tokyo.
