Urban Geography

5. commercially zoned areas; may include malls, parks, public spaces, small businesses, etc.
6. position of a place
9. core of city; downtown
11. distinct qualities of a place (describes)
13. an area of mostly office buildings that forms around the core-city but does not consist of many residences
14. • Movement back to “walking neighborhoods” • More open space within cities • Architecture that fits when area was first built • Jobs and housing close to each other • Try to prevent Urban Sprawl • Positive or Negative?

1. land on which food can be grown
2. peripheral transportation routes -areas of city; require a car-
3. the first few feet of arable land where most plants grow best
4. where a place is
7. • Going into “rundown neighborhoods” and getting money to renovate • Also includes renovating older business districts (Benson, Midtown Crossing and the Riverfront)
8. heavily populated adjoining urban areas that merge into each other making it difficult to determine where one ends and the other begins
10. areas designed for manufacturing (factories, plants) energy production (electrical power, nuclear power), water, and sewage treatment
12. to other places (near? close to?)