The Urban Blueprint
Hexagon Heaven
Concrete Jungles
City Struggles
The Weight of the World
From Farms to Fiber-Optics
Global Gains
The Wealth of Nations
Final Jeopardy: Dam-age Control
100
What type of area would be located in the most accessible parts of a city?
Apartments / Retail Shops / Factories / Single Family Homes
Retail Shops
100
What is range?
The maximum distance a person is willing to travel to obtain a good or service
100
What is a primate city?
A leading city in a country that is significantly and disproportionally larger and more influential than any other city within that nation
100
What is the name for the process where middle-class people move into deteriorated inner-city neighborhoods and renovate the housing?
Gentrification
100
Which theory focuses on making a location decision based on minimizing the cost of multiple production inputs and transportation?
Weber's Least Cost Theory
100
The direct extraction of raw materials from the Earth, such as mining or agriculture
Primary sector
100
This sustainable development strategy uses a region's natural beauty to attract tourists while preserving the environment.
Ecotourism
100
This index measures a country's level of development through life expectancy, education, and income.
Human Development Index / HDI
100
Even though it is a relatively clean source of energy, what is an environmental disadvantage of hydroelectric power?
Disruption of ecosystems, blocking of fish migration, alteration of water quality, flooding
200
According to the bid-rent curve, the closer the location to the CBD, the ________ the price of that land.
Higher
200
What is threshold?
The minimum number of people needed to support a service
200
What is a megacity?
An urban area with a population exceeding 10 million people
200
What is redlining?
The historical practice where banks drew lines on maps to refuse loans to certain neighborhoods based on race or ethnicity.
200
With these type of industries, factories would be located closer to the raw material site.
Bulk-reducing or weight-reducing industries
200
Manufacturing and construction
Secondary sector
200
This economic principle suggests that countries should produce what they can make most efficiently and trade for the rest.
Comparative advantage
200
This index specifically measures the disparity between men and women in reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.
Gender Inequality Index / GII
300
Which city model as been most highly influenced by transportation?
-Concentric zone model
-Multiple nuclei model
-Sector model
-Latin American city model
Sector model
300
What theory explains why New York City would have more specialized stores than a small town on Long Island?
Central place theory
300
True or false: Brasilia, Brazil and Astana, Kazakhstan are new capital cities built to be modern and planned administrative centers.
True
300
What is new urbanism?
An urban design movement that promotes walkable neighborhoods, mixed-use development, and sustainable living as a way to create vibrant and functional communities
300
The Port of Los Angeles is a major one of these—a location where goods are transferred between transport types.
Break-of-bulk point
300
High-level research, data analysis, and information technology
Quaternary sector
300
What has contributed most to the deindustrialization of North American manufacturing cities?
-An increased number of women in the workforce
-Competition from foreign imports
-Environmental legislation
-The formation of free trade associations
-The decline of labor unions
Competition from foreign imports
300
True or False: Countries with the highest HDI rankings always have the highest rates of women's labor market participation.
False
400
Which city model defies the logic presented in the bid-rent curve due to multiple CBDs and the rise of suburban areas?
-Concentric zone model
-Multiple nuclei model
-Sector model
-Latin American city model
Multiple nuclei model
400
According to rank-size rule, these types of services (like trauma hospitals and universities) have larger ranges and thresholds.
Higher-order services
400
Based on this map, what statement can you make about how physical geography has impacted the location of major cities?
Most major cities are located along rivers or coastlines.
400
What two factors led to the rise of suburbanization in the 1950s?
(think infrastructure and law)
Interstate highways and the GI Bill
400
Would the cost of land would be an example of a site or situation factor?
A site factor
400
In MDCs (More Developed Countries), the majority of the workforce is now employed in this broad sector.
Tertiary / service sector
400
What is a maquiladora?
A foreign-owned outsourced manufacturing plant - typically found along the US-Mexico border
400
Which country would you expect to have the highest number of women in government, and why?
Spain - GII 0.08
Greece - GII 0.10
Kuwait - GII 0.27
Panama - GII 0.37
Spain - A low GII score means greater gender inequality, which can indicate a higher number of women in government.
500
What kind of city would most likely follow the Latin American City model?
(think history)
("a city in Latin America" is not the full answer)
colonial-era Spanish cities in Latin America
500
Central Place Theory describes spatial patterns of urban areas based on the flow of these two things.
Goods and services
500
According to the table below, which city is BOTH a megacity and a primate city?
Bangkok, Thailand
500
Based on the map below, what statement can you make about urban growth and population change between 2000 and 2010 in Texas?
Most growth occurred in places near major cities.
Suburbanization is occurring.
500
What term is in this example: Silicon Valley, CA - high-tech firms clustering together to take advantage of a specialized labor pool and access to venture capital resources.
Agglomeration
500
When a company controls all stages of production, from raw materials to the final sale, it is practicing this type of integration.
Vertical integration
500
What economic union has fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating import tariffs between member states?
The European Union
500
The presence of 5G and fiber-optic internet in a CBD indicates that governments are investing in this to promote economic development.
Infrastructure