Urban Models
This model made by Ernest Burgess, has a CBD in the center surrounded by 5 rings marking the other zones.
What is the Concentric Zone Model?
This term refers to when the number of people moving to urban areas increases.
What is Urbanization?
This model has multiple centers of activity instead of just one CBD.
What is the Multiple Nuclei Model?
This term refers to when poor urban areas are renovated, often forcing out past residents.
What is Gentrification?
This model does not present itself like rings instead having sectors dotted across the city.
What is the Sector Model?
This term refers to the rapid and uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.
What is Urban Sprawl?
This model is commonly known as the Griffin-Ford Model.
What is the Latin America Model?
This city is the largest in a country and is often acts as the center for political, economic, and cultural aspect of the country.
What is a Primate City?
This model has no CBD instead having a port zone.
What is the Southeast Asian City Model?
This term involves the discriminatory practice where financial institutions deny things like loans to certain people.
What is Redlining?