vocab
MISC
Urban Models
suburbs
Sources
100
refers to the least-developed, low-income nations in the world-systems theory that provide cheap labor and raw materials to the core countries.
what is the global periphery?
100
disproportionately larger—typically more than twice the population—and more influential than any others.
what is a primate city?
100
this says that the second largest city will have half the population size of the largest city.
what is rank size rule?
100
The process where people move from cities to surrounding suburbs.
What is suburbanization?
100
The presence of the New York Stock exchange demonstrates New Yorks global influence in what area?
what is financial decisions?
200
a natural harbor would be an example of this type of characteristic.
what is physical site?
200
This would be an example of something the earliest cities were developed around.
what is fertile land?
what is a defensible area?
200
Urban growth in Midwestern cities such as Chicago during the Industrial Era, where suburban growth rings surrounded a single central business district with higher land prices
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
200
A type of suburban development that includes offices, shopping, and entertainment, allowing people to live and work outside the city center.
what is an edge city
200
using the map what would explain why Amsterdam was one of the first places in Western Europe to have urban developments.
port cities were centers of trade, serving as links in terms of capital and labor mobility.
300
They are financially and politically connected to global markets and drive the process of globalization.
what is a world city?
300
minimum number of people needed to support a service
what is threshold?
300
explain how the concentric model connects to bid rent theory.
Together they show how land prices rise exponentially closer to the central business district.
300
with modern movement to cities in MDC migrants are more likely to settle here.
what are suburbs?
300
according to this source what could we best classify the United States as in terms of city size 
What is Rank-Size rule?
400
The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Spanish cities.
What is the Latin American Model?
400
THEORY stating that Cities and towns of similar size will be evenly spaced across a country or region.
Christelle's central place theory?
400
This model is highly influenced by transportation patterns
What is the Hoyt sector model?
400
this is where would you likely see the fastest growing suburbs.
adjacent to the largest metropolitan areas, indicating continued suburbanization
400
Rapid urbanization and inability of infrastructure to keep pace with the growth of megacities in developing countries helped develop settlements like these. 
What are squatter settlements?
500
Indian and Chinese cities have experienced enormous urban growth in recent years as these countries continue to industrialize and develop service industries, which would classify them as?
What are megacities?
500
a metropolitan area with a total population exceeding 10 million people
what is a megacity?
500
model represents having an old colonial port at the center of the cities economic development.
what is Southeast Asian city model ?
500
describe the connection between land values and population density.
higher population density means higher cost of land due to higher demand for the land
500
based on the public service depicted below what can we tell about the location of this city. 
It is very poor public service infrastructure meaning it is most likely located in an LDC/ semi-periphery or periphery.