Land Use Models
Urban Areas
Characteristics of the CBD
Density and Distribution
Migration
100
This urban land use model was originally based on studies of Chicago and suggests cities grow equally in all directions.
What is the Concentric (Burgess) Model?
100
The process of people moving from rural to urban areas.
What is Urbanisation.
100
The primary economic and administrative center of a city.
What is the Central Business District (CBD)
100
The number of people per square Kilometer.
What is population density?
100
This term describes people who move from one place to another to live or work
What is a migrant?
200
In this model, land uses develop along main transport routes in sectors or wedges.
What is the Sector (Hoyt) Model?
200
The unplanned spreading or expansion of a city beyond its original boundaries.
What is urban sprawl?
200
These are typically found in the highest concentration in the CBD.
What are tall buildings/skyscrapers?
200
Describe two physical factors that influence population distribution.
Possible answers: Climate, relief, soil fertility
200
Outline 2 Push Factors
Conflict, discrimination, poverty, natural disasters
300
This zone in the Concentric Model is also known as the 'Twilight Zone' where older buildings and transition occur.
What is the Inner City?
300
The area on the edge of an urban area with mixed land uses.
What is the rural-urban fringe?
300
Name three typical land uses you would find in a CBD.
Offices, shops, government buildings
300
Explain why Australia is considered sparsely populated.
Answers should reference arid climate, limited infrastructure
300
The term for people forced to leave their country due to persecution or war
Refugee
400
Name two key differences between the Concentric and Sector Models of urban land use
Transport routes, growth direction, development pattern
400
List three push and pull factors that contribute to urbanisation.
Possible answers: Job opportunities, better services, agricultural challenges
400
Explain why land values are typically highest in the CBD.
accessibility, concentration of services
400
Compare and contrast population distribution in tropical rainforests and temperate regions
physical barriers to settlement
400
The length of the border between Mexico and the USA
3000KM
500
Explain two negatives of the Burgess
Western centric, HIC's only, Only economic factors
500
Explain why people in HIC's heave left the City. Give 3 explained reasons.
Cheaper Land more space, family, Work From Home, Improved Infrastructure
500
Explain why the CBD is not used for residential services.
Expensive- not much space
500
Give three reasons why Australia's population is distributed the way it is?
The Outback, Port Cities, water access
500
Give 3 pull factors of the USA. Use at least one specific fact or figure
