Types of cities & countries
Models & Theories
Sustainability & Challenges
Urban Sprawl & Suburbanization
Potpourri
100
A city must have at least 10 million residents to earn this title
Megacity
100
Which model is shown below?
Burgess concentric zone model ("concentric zone model" also acceptable)
100
Planned urban development that includes multiple uses.
Mixed-use development
100
Government policies that try to plan ahead for improving and expanding infrastructure and limiting urban sprawl through initiatives like mixed-use developments
smart growth policies
100
Climate, landforms, and the availability of water are examples of ____ factors.
site
200
New York City, London, and Tokyo are examples of this type of city, which is home to the headquarters of multinational corporations and serves as a cultural mecca.
World city
200
In this urban model, cities develop around multiple focal points and build outward
Harris & Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model (just "multiple nuclei model" is also acceptable)
200
The extent to which cities are pedestrian-friendly is called its ___________.
walkability
200
As urban sprawl occurs, developments like these appear on the outskirts of cities and primarily feature commercial and office buildings
Edge cities
200
Transportation systems, wifi, and sewage systems are examples of ___________
Infrastructure
300
A city that is at least double the size of the next in the country in terms of population size, economic, and cultural influence.
Primate city
300
Model that shows the hierarchical spatial patterns based on economic function of cities
Christaller's Central Place Theory (just "central place theory" is also acceptable)
300
A process in which high-income residents buy abandoned or run-down industrial areas and restore the properties, leading to a higher cost of living.
Gentrification
300
Sweetwater and Wendell Falls can both be described as __________.
Exurbs
300
A form of housing discrimination used in the past by banks and real estate professionals to try to prevent racial minorities from purchasing homes in mostly white neighborhoods
redlining
400
Give an example of a core country, a semi-periphery country, and a periphery country.
Answers will vary. Examples include:
core= United States
semi-periphery= Thailand
periphery= Congo
400
This urban model is characterized by a port zone, which is the center of trade.
Southeast Asian Model
400
A movement in urban planning that came out in the 1990s to make cities more sustainable.
New Urbanism
400
The Bid-Rent Theory helps explain why low-________ ________ and cheaper lands becomes more common the further away you move from the CBD
density housing
400
Abandoned industrial sites in suburbs due to the shift from manufacturing to service-based economies.
Brownfields