Urban Models
This model features a central CBD with concentric rings around it.
What is the Concentric Zone Model?
The expansion of cities into rural or undeveloped land.
What is urban sprawl?
This model includes sectors that develop outward in wedges from the city center.
What is the Sector Model?
The process of revitalizing urban neighborhoods, often displacing low-income residents.
What is gentrification?
This model includes multiple CBDs around which different activities cluster.
What is the Multiple Nuclei Model?
Areas within cities with inadequate housing, infrastructure, and legal recognition.
What are squatter settlements?
This model explains how land value and transportation access affect land use.
What is the Bid-Rent Theory?
When wealthy residents and businesses leave the city for suburbs, leading to decline.
What is suburbanization?
This model describes cities in Latin America, featuring a spine and a disamenity sector.
What is the Latin American City Model?
The environmental issue caused by excessive heat in urban areas.
What is the urban heat island effect?