1. Selling expensive or rare goods/services e.g. London
2. Providing jobs in industry or services
3. As an administration centre for the area around it
4. As an entertainment centre, for example offering sporting attractions, shopping areas, restaurants,
5. As a cultural centre
6. Religious centres or places of pilgrimage such as Mecca or Lourdes
7. As a major transport hub or route centre
8. As a residential area
9. Offer specialist public services, such as Universities (e.g. Oxford), hospitals and schools
100
The CBD, Zone of transition, working class homes, better residences and rural urban fringe are parts of which urban model developed in 1923?
What is the Concentric Zone Model
100
Define Urban Renewal
Renovating existing infrastructure
100
Name 2 Planned cities in Australia
What is Canberra and Perth
100
What country call their slums Favelas?
What is Brazil
200
Define Urban Morphology
Urban morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation.
200
Describe the purpose of a CBD
Centralised trade, easy access to multiple industries, economic hub.
200
Define Conurbation and give an example
An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of a central city. Gold Coast
200
Draw a rough diagram of the shape of Canberra streets.
Radial construction with spokes
200
Give 3 social problems associated with slum living.
Hygiene, Health, Education, Crime, Food etc.
300
In Copenhagen, technology has shaped the urban environment. How has it done this?
City constructed around 5 main railways that allow easy travel into the CBD. The expanding fingers of the railway allow for expansion of urban areas
300
Describe the multiple nuclei model.
segregated construction with designated areas for specific purpose.
300
Define Urban Blight
Urban decay (also known as urban rot and urban blight) is the process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude.
300
What is the main problem with Canberra city plan and how can you solve the problem?
To easy to drive, no heart in the town. Install public transport
Explain the term primacy and provide 1 example from Australia
The largest city in a country or state. The primary place of business and trade.
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
400
What is the zone of transition?
Zone of transition is the area between the factory zone and the working class zone in the Concentric zone model of urban structure devised by Ernest Burgess. The zone of transition is an area of flux where the land use is changing. (Invasion and Succession)
400
Gentrification
Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighbourhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents
400
List three ideas referring to current urban trends in Australia.
Subdivision and increased development
Coastal expansion
Lifestyle based living decisions
Retirement sea change (moving from cities to the sea)
Home ownership not so common
Increases in public transport / Increases in motorways
Road systems improved
400
List 10 ten largest mega cities in order from 1 to 10.
1. Tokyo
2 Greater Jakarta
3 Seoul Seoul
4 Karachi
5 Shanghai
6 Manila
7 New York City
8 Mumbai
9 Mexico City
10 Delhi
A megacity is usually defined as a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of ten million people. A megacity can be a single metropolitan area or two or more metropolitan areas that converge
500
Define sea change and write 3 effects on the towns that are experiencing it.
Retirees moving to coastal towns. High need for retirement homes, high demand for hospital, Doctors and prescription medicine
Building infrastructure to manage the demand
More jobs in healthcare sector
Increasing city size due to availability of jobs