Key Terms
Demography
The study of populations.
Fertility rate
Actual number of children born per adult woman.
Mortality rate
Deaths per 1,000 people per year.
Migration
Movement into or out of an area.
Refugee
Forced to leave their COUNTRY to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Asylum-seeker
Claims refugee status but it has NOT yet been validated.
Internally displaced person
Fled their HOME but stayed INSIDE their country's borders.
Urbanization
The study of social, political, and economic relationships in cities. Urban sociology: the subfield focused on those rel
Suburbs
Communities surrounding a city; close enough for a daily commute in, but with more space than city living.
Exurbs
Communities BEYOND the suburbs; wealthier residents, longer commutes, more space. Higher socioeconomic status than subur
Metropolis
A city combined with its suburbs and exurbs.
Megalopolis
A huge urban corridor encompassing MULTIPLE cities and their surrounding suburbs. New York was the first U.S.
White flight
The migration of economically secure white people from racially mixed urban areas toward the suburbs. Occurred throughou
Gentrification
Upper- and middle-class residents move into historically lower-income urban areas; renovate; push out lower-income resid
Zone A - City center
Business and cultural district (downtown core).