Favela a shantytown in or near a city, esp. in Brazil; slum area Federation The formation of a political unity, with a central government, by a number of separate states, each of which retains control of its own internal affairs. Filtering When houses are subdivided and occupied by successive waves of lower-income people which results in broken communities, the abandonment of property, and declining populations. Gateway city A city with an Airport or seaport that serves as the entry point to a country by being the primary arrival and departure point Gentrification The buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses. Gravity model A model which predicts that the best location for a service is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance that people must travel for it. Greenbelt an area of woods, parks, or open land surrounding a community Heterogeneous An area with variation in type among a shared feature; IE the ethnic makeup of an urban population with be diverse and hence heterogeneous. Hinterland Rural land adjacent to a population center which produces materials for consumption for that population center. Homogenous An area with no variation in type among a shared feature; IE the ethnic makeup ethnic neighborhood inside of an urban population with be the same and hence homogeneous. Indigenous city A city that is harmonized with its environment even as it shaped that environment and gave focus and significance to elements of the environment that were held to be important to its occupants. Information services System of persons, data records and activities that process the data and information in an organization, and it includes the organization's manual and automated processes. city the central area of a major city or metropolis typically characterized by poverty a
Favela a shantytown in or near a city, esp. in Brazil; slum area Federation The formation of a political unity, with a central government, by a number of separate states, each of which retains control of its own internal affairs. Filtering When houses are subdivided and occupied by successive waves of lower-income people which results in broken communities, the abandonment of property, and declining populations. Gateway city A city with an Airport or seaport that serves as the entry point to a country by being the primary arrival and departure point Gentrification The buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses. Gravity model A model which predicts that the best location for a service is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance that people must travel for it. Greenbelt an area of woods, parks, or open land surrounding a community Heterogeneous An area with variation in type among a shared feature; IE the ethnic makeup of an urban population with be diverse and hence heterogeneous. Hinterland Rural land adjacent to a population center which produces materials for consumption for that population center. Homogenous An area with no variation in type among a shared feature; IE the ethnic makeup ethnic neighborhood inside of an urban population with be the same and hence homogeneous. Indigenous city A city that is harmonized with its environment even as it shaped that environment and gave focus and significance to elements of the environment that were held to be important to its occupants. Information services System of persons, data records and activities that process the data and information in an organization, and it includes the organization's manual and automated processes. city the central area of a major city or metropolis typically characterized by poverty a
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