Models/Theories
The number of people needed to support a certain good or service is
What is threshold
An Urban settlement with a total population in excess of 20 million people is
What is a Metacity?
30) In a simplified model of a city, the zone where retail and office activities are clustered is the
a) urbanized downtown area
b) central commerce zone
c) central business district
d) metropolitan statistical area
e) hub
What is c) central business district
According to the concentric zone model, a city develops in a series of
a) corridors.
b) nodes.
c) rings.
d) sectors.
e) quadrants.
What is c) rings
The city plus its surrounding built-up suburbs is the
a) central city.
b) urbanized area.
c) metropolitan statistical area.
d) consolidated metropolitan statistical area.
e) regional government federation.
What is d) consolidated metropolitan statistical area.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is
What is range
An Urban settlement with a total population in excess of 10 million people is
What is megacity
Describes land previously used for industrial or commercial purposes, sometimes polluted, not presently in use
What is a brownfield?
According to the sector model, the best housing is located in
a) a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city.
b) an outer ring surrounding the city.
c) nodes near universities and parks.
d) renovated inner-city neighborhoods.
e) gated communities.
What is a) a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city
In the United States, which of the following definitions of a city covers the largest land area?
a) central business district
b) central city
c) urbanized area
d) metropolitan statistical area
e) regional government federation
What is d) metropolitan statistical area
Which world city model shares basic structures of the Concentric Zone and Sector City Models and is characteristized by the "spine" that runs from the CBD through wealthy housing to commercial centers.
What is Latin American City Model.
Which of the following was critical to the development of early cities?
a) agricultural surplus
b) industrial production
c) family relationships
d) religious orders
e) royal orders
What is a) agricultural surplus
As a result of high land costs, the American CBD is characterized by
a) less intensive land use.
b) the construction of skyscrapers.
c) suburban sprawl.
d) a high threshold and range.
e) the reuse of existing buildings.
What is b) the construction of skyscrapers
According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby
a) hotels and warehouses.
b) residences and highways.
c) retail and wholesale shops.
d) universities and colleges.
e) hospitals and clinics.
What is a) hotels and warehouses
Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas known as
a) suburbs.
b) council estates.
c) public housing.
d) the zone in transition.
e) squatter settlements.
What is e) squatter settlements
If a country's largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants and the second largest city has 200,000 inhabitants, the country follows what distribution?
What is primate city
Greater access to what led to urban sprawl?
What is transportation (automobiles/highways)
Which U.S. city model has cities develop around multiple focal points and build outwards to create a functional region. Site and situational factors influence land-use patterns?
What is the Multiple Nuclei Model
The central portion of a SubSaharan African city model includes both a colonial and traditional CBD, as well as what?
What is a market zone?
Drawing lines on a map to identify areas in which banks refuse to loan money
What is redlining?
This world city model has no CBD, was influenced by colonialism, and had port cities to encourage trade.
What is Southeast Asian City Model.
The name of the epoch that spans from 1870 to 1920, and includes the development of a national rail network
What is the Steel Rail Epoch?
A land use typically excluded from a North American CBD is
a) public administration.
b) industrial.
c) office.
d) retail.
e) legal.
What b) is industrial
The multiple nuclei theory
a) involves four linked CBDs.
b) includes nodes such as a port, a university, airport, and a park.
c) includes a nucleus in the CBD which is connected to a nucleus in the suburbs.
d) links a seaport, an airport, and a railway station. e) disregards the use of nodes.
What is b) includes nodes such as a port, a university, airport, and a park.
Many of the urban models both in the U.S. and around the world focus on what concept?
a) Transportation infrastructure
b) Socioeconomic stratification
c) Manufacturing sectors
d) Trade and globalization
e) Colonialism and heritage
What is b) Socioeconomic stratification