Variety of Environments
Megacities have a population over?
10 Million
The name for the reduction or prevention of culturally normal interaction between an individual and the rest of society.
What is Social Deprivation?
The land use model known for it's concentric rings and based initially on Chicago
What is the Burgess Model
The name for a person who settles on new land without title or a person who takes unauthorized possession of unoccupied premises.
Who is a squatter?
The location of a place in relative to other places
Situation
Spontaneous urban development is?
Urban Sprawl
When birth rates exceed the death rates in a particular population
Natural Increase
The Multiple Nuclei Model is called this because it can have multiple what?
CBDs (Central Business Districts)
The Kibera Slums are in what city and country?
where the same building is used for one function on one floor and another function on another floor
What is Vertical Zoning?
There are two causes of urbanization. What are they?
Rural to Urban Migration
Natural Increase
In what time of city are you more likely to find urban sprawl? LIC or HIC. Explain
LICs because they are more likely to grow physically and in unplanned ways because of an influx of migrants.
The Sector Model was created by this person?
Who is Homer Hoyt?
The name for the practice of tourists visiting impoverished, marginalized urban areas with the purpose of observing daily life
What is "Slum Tourism" or "Poverty Tourism?"
Distinguish between push and pull factors when it comes to migration and give examples of each
Push Factors are the reasons people leave their current residence. They are usually negative. Examples: Too much traffic, high crime, low employment opportunities
Pull Factors are the reasons people move into new locations. They are usually positive. Examples: Better quality of life, better education, more money
the metropolitan area incorporating several large towns and cities.
What is an agglomeration?
The idea that people tend to move multiple times throughout their lifetimes, even if it's within the same city, depending on their life circumstances at the time.
Family Life Cycle
In this Urban model, shanty towns are found on undesirable land such as steep hillsides or land prone to flooding.
What is the Low Income Model?
In home appraisals in the US, which racial group is often discriminated against by getting very low appraisals for their homes?
While a slum references more the lower quality of housing and less access to basic resources, using the term "squatter settlement" more references what?
The fact that residents don't have legal rights to the land. No land title or tenure.
a chain of roughly adjacent cities that merge into each other forming a large urban region.
What is a "megalopolis"?
This is the name for "inward movements" and can include rural to urban migration, gentrification, and urban renewal.
Centripetal Movement
When the price and demand for real estate changes as the distance from the CBD increases (Price of land closer to the CBD is higher)
What is the "Bid Rent Theory"?
Give an example of an informal sector job and describe one advantage and one disadvantage associated with such jobs
Examples: rickshaw puller, fruit vendor, garbage collector.
Advantage:
Reduces the burden on the state for supporting low-income groups
Provides large numbers of casual workers, which are ideal for developing countries
Allows the economy to grow despite cumbersome laws and high taxes in LICs and MICs
Produces cheap goods
Allows the economy to react quickly to new opportunities and threats (e.g. workers can be hired without bureaucratic procedures)
Disadvantages:
Potential for criminal activity as the law is not in control
Workers are trapped in poverty
Lack of healthcare, paid vacation etc. for workers
Frequently unsafe activities undertaken
The OUTWARD movements of a population from the center of a city towards its edge
What is "Centrifugal Movements"?