Cities and Urban Land Use
Political Geography
100
Using the terms “Rural” and “Urban”, describe the population of the following locations:
Western Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
India
urban
rural
rural
100
Define State, Nation, and Nation State
State: Country
Nation: Cultural Group
Nation-State: Country with a culturally uniform population
200
_____________ cities such as London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Los Angeles compete in the global economy due to the space-time compression and the benefit of Supranational Organizations.
World cities
200
Great Britain is a fragmented country because Northern Ireland is separated from the rest of the state by the Irish Sea. How would you classify Northern Ireland?
Exclave
300
List two differences between typically North American Cities and those in Europe
Wealthy in suburbs
Grid System
Reliance on Automobile
Urban Sprawl (lack of Greenbelts)
300
Mackinder believed in the _______ however Spykman’s ________ seemed to know his weakness.
Heartland Theory; Rimland Theory
400
As a country develops their urban population increases. In some cities the urban population grows too fast and the city's infrastructure cannot support so many people, which leads to a high concentration of people living in Squatter Settlements. What are these cities called?
Shock cities
400
States with large landmass are more likely to experience a wide variation of preferences between far ends of their territory. As a result they often form these types of governments.
Federal Governments
500
What took place in between these photos to help restore the city?
Gentrification
500
Despite its attempts at devolution Yugoslavia eventually broke into several new States. Because the new boundaries were drawn around existing cultural groups, many of the new states were Nation-States. This process is known as ______
Balkanization
600
On which continent can you find Urban Centers structured similar to the Diagram.
South America
600
This man developed a theory that States are indeed alive and need to conquer in order to thrive.
Friedrich Ratzel’s Organic Theory
700
This man’s Urban Structure model is most closely related to Von Thunen’s Agricultural Model of land development. Although, their theories are quite difference the appearance is very similar.
Burgess’ Concentric Zone Model
700
This explains that many countries are poor today because of their prior colonization by European powers. Former colonies have not been able to heal from the imperial domination established by the colonizers.
Dependency Theory or Neocolonialism