Dr. Tom Paradis
Associate Professor 
Dept. of Geography and Public Planning
Northern Arizona University
NAU Box 15016
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5016
Email: thomas.paradis@nau.edu

All photos copyright by Thomas W. Paradis (unless otherwise noted).
All rights reserved.

THEME TOWN
A Geography of Landscape and Community in Flagstaff, Arizona

 

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS
(Alphabetical listing. Most key terms are italicized in the text.
Page numbers in parentheses)

About the Book:

Educational Materials

Photo Gallery

  • Color photos of Book Figures. Photos in the book are black and white. Here are enlarged, color versions!
  • Architectural Styles of America Produced by the author, this comprehensive web site will teach you much more about American architecture, beyond the scope of Theme Town.
  • North Downtown! Additional color photos of Flagstaff's America Tour! Here are some images of the walking tour that were not included in the book.
  • South Side! Additional color photos of Flagstaff's America Tour! Here are some images of the walking tour that were not included in the book.
  • Class field trip photos, from various courses taught or co-taught by the author.

Other Related Links

My Courses that use Theme Town

NOTE: All royalties from Theme Town sold to students in the above courses (or any other NAU course that might use the book) are used to assist geography and planning majors with expenses for various field-based experiences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

acculturation (35)
adaptive reuse (139)
alley (240)
amenity value (48)
anchor (161)
Antiquities Act (310-311, not italicized)
approach strip (330)
Arizona Red (199)
Art deco style (208)
Art moderne style (208)
benign neglect (xx)
big box (334, 335-347)
break in the landscape (291)
capital (13)
capitalism (37)
central business district (20)
centralized authority (49)
container (97)
counterurbanization (xxi)
culture (25)
cultural diffusion (28)
culture hearth (27)
decentralization (192)
disciplined landscape (61)
district (225)
economies of scale (338)
enabling legislation (60)
entrepreneur (40)
ethnic markers (32, 278)
exchange value (40)
flood plain (257)
friction of distance (43)
front (279)
gentrification (264)
Greek Revival style (316)
global product (45)
globalization (43)
growth coalition (41)
growth machine (41)
heritage landscape (48)
hierarchical diffusion (198)
hinterland (73)
Hispanic (267)
historic preservation ordinance (315)
historically contingent (18)
intermodal (97)
International style (208)
laissez-faire capitalism (37)
land bridge (114)
landscape (12)
locale (7)
localization (47)
location (8)
main street (xxii)
Malpais basalt (254)
metropolitan corridor (137)
migration (29)
Miracle Mile (328)
Mission Revival style (92)
mixed-use development (294)
modern era (205)
motel (244)
multinational corporations (44)
National Grid (50)
National Park Service (311-312, not italicized)
National Register of Historic Places (314, not italicized)
National Trust for Historic Preservation (313-314, not italicized)
Neoclassical style (316)
new urbanism (294)
NIMBY (304)
ordinance (60)
Pacific Rim (29)
parkway (55)
pedestrianize (227)
period styles (138)
Philadelphia plan (70)
place (6)
political economy (36)
postmodern era (212-224, not italicized)
private space (179)
Progressivism (206)
public space (179)
pure capitalism (37)
railroad hotel (181)
railroad town (69)
realization of capital (221)
Romanesque Revival style (196)
roundhouse (137)
seen (21)
sense of place (9)
sequent occupance (30)
shopping center (326)
Snow Belt (34)
social productions (22)
Southwest (29)
Special Improvement District (230)
speculation (264)
steam locomotive (152)
Sun Belt (34)
supercenter (341)
superlative (13)
theme town (xxiii)
tourism business district (xxi)
Township and Range survey system (50)
trade center (73)
Transcon (96)
Tudor Revival style (138)
unseen (21)
urban growth boundaries (299)
urban infill (299)
urban renewal (269-277, not italicized)
use value (40)
Victorian styles (196)
walking city (240)
zone in transition (242)
zoning (60)