Models/Theories
The number of people needed to support a certain good or service is
What is threshold
Blockbusting led to what problem within cities in the U.S?
a) Air pollution
b) Brownfield contamination
c) Urban sprawl
d) Water pollution
e) White flight
What is e) White flight
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
What is the process for restoring abandoned industrial sites for reuse?
a) Inclusionary zoning
b) Scattered development
c) Brownfield remediation
d) Farmland conversion
e) Sustainable agriculture
What is c) Brownfield remediation
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 Harris and Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model
Social area analysis attempts to explain a) the changing location of retail and office activities in North American cities.
b) the development of squatter settlements in developing countries.
c) the distribution of different types of people in an urban area.
d) which of the three models of urban structure is the most accurate in the United States.
e) regions ideal for social services.
What is c) the distribution of different types of people in an urban area.
Compared to the United Kingdom, the amount of sprawl in the United States is a) greater.
b) less.
c) about the same.
d) better controlled.
e) declining.
What is a) greater
This world city model has no CBD, was influenced by colonialism, and had port cities to encourage trade.
What is Southeast Asian City Model.
What are large cities that called that exert global influence and what are the six functions used to calculate Global Power City Index (GPCI) in order to attract people, capital, and business from around the world?
What are world cities and...
1. Economy
2. Research & Development
3. Cultural Interactions
4. Livability
5. Environment
6. Assessability
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