Urban Models
Urban Theories
Unit 6 Vocab
Urban Challenges, New Urbanism, and Sustainability
Random Sauce
100
Name the model and give an example of a city that follows that model.
What is the Concentric Zone Model or Burgess Model; ex: Chicago
100
the nth largest city in a given country will have 1/n of the population of the largest city in that country
What is the Rank-size rule?
100
An area of open land around a city where development is prohibited
What is a greenbelt?
100
An urban design movement that promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating walkable neighborhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types
What is New Urbanism?
100
3 different types of infrastructure found in a city.
What are: Transportation features (roads, bridges, parking lots, signs, etc.)
Buildings (Police stations, courthouses, and fire stations)
Distribution systems (water, gas, electricity)
Collection systems (sewage and garbage)
Open spaces (parks, town squares)
Entertainment venues (museums, theaters, sports facilities)
200
What is the Hoyt Sector Model
200
is the largest city in its country or region, is disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy, and is the center of the political, economic, and social power of the country or region.
What is the Primate City Rule?
200
People renovating housing in low-income areas to increase the value - rising property values will eventually force the original low-income residents out
What is gentrification?
200
Policies that aim to limit urban sprawl and lessen negative environmental impacts of cities
What are smart growth policies?
200
What is the difference between a mega- and meta-city?
Mega-10 million or more
Meta-20 million or more
300
Name the model and give an example of a city that follows that model.
What is the Multiple Nuclei Model; ex: Los Angeles
300
A model that predicts cities closer together will interact more; larger cities draw more people
What is the gravity model?
300
A former industrial or commercial site that people perceive to be contaminated environmentally
What is a brownfield?
300
Identify two policies/practices that lead to de facto racial/class segregation in American cities
What are redlining (no access to loans) and blockbusting (white flight)?
300
One example of quantitative data regarding cities.
Quantitative (numbers/countable; can be used to see population density)
400
A non - US model where the city if focused and radiates out from the Port Zone.
What is the SE Asian model?
400
Price and demand for land will increase the closer you are to the CBD
What is the bid-rent theory?
400
A relatively large urban area situated on the outskirts of a city, typically beside a major road
What is an edge city?
400
What is a criticism of New Urbanism?
Lack of privacy, does the opposite of its intentions, expensive, inauthentic
400
How far someone is willing to travel for a good or service.
What is range?
500
Name this model.
What is the Sub-Saharan and Latin American models?
500
Outlines the layout of cities and states that settlements function as central places to areas around them
What is Christaller's Central Place Theory?
500
An area past the suburbs, but still connected to the metropolitan area
What is an exurb?
500
Two goals of New Urbanism.
What are Reduce personal vehicles, Increase walkability and accessibility of cities, Foster community building, Mixed-use neighborhoods (combing residential, commercial, and retail zones), reduce sprawl?
500
2 ways cities can negatively impact the environment.
Answers are up to Mr. Killen's discretion.