The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
Central Business District (CBD)
Developed in the 1920s and consists of a series of rings that surround the CBD
Concentric Model
What model has three CBDs, informal settlements along the edge and high income close to the CBD and uses the concentric model
African Cities
Process of people moving away from rural land into dense settlements
Urbanization
Model developed in the 1930s where wedge shaped sections developed along transportation lines
Latin American cities
Multiple Nuclei Model
CBD is a formal colonial port zone and low income and squatter settlements are far away from CBD
Southeast Asian Cities
A city with a population of at least 10 million people
Galactic Model
Built around a central mosque which historically has often been contained within walls
Islamic Cities