Vocabulary
Urban Models
World Regional Models
100

The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered

Central Business District (CBD)

100

Developed in the 1920s and consists of a series of rings that surround the CBD

Concentric Model

100

What model has three CBDs, informal settlements along the edge and high income close to the CBD and uses the concentric model 

African Cities 

200

Process of people moving away from rural land into dense settlements 

Urbanization

200

Model developed in the 1930s where wedge shaped sections developed along transportation lines

Sector Model
200
Which model has a  "spine" of development for wealthy residences and high end services and disamenity zones such as favelas and slums and uses the sector model

Latin American cities 

300
Process of dividing a city into separate areas where only certain land uses are allowed 
Zoning
300
Developed in the 1940s when cars became more common and suburbs developed outside of CBDs

Multiple Nuclei Model

300

CBD is a formal colonial port zone and low income and squatter settlements are far away from CBD

Southeast Asian Cities

400

A city with a population of at least 10 million people 

Megacity
400
Developed in the 1950s and focused on the establishment of edge cities 

Galactic Model

400

Built around a central mosque which historically has often been contained within walls

Islamic Cities 

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