Unit 6; APHG Cities & Urban Land Use

MDC's have higher rates of urbanized population than LDC's?

movement of upper and middle-class people from urban core areas to the surrounding outskirts is

Early cities developed in

Who is most likely to move into revitalized urban downtown area neighborhoods?

A primate city is

Recent trend of metropolitan residents moving to rural areas and small towns is referred to as

This is a representation of which model?

Large cities are economic hubs with radiating connections for commerce according to

The largest city in the world is

The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the

The economic base of many cities in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois is

The most urbanized region in the developing world is

The following are growth problems of urban development

Annexation is

Occurs where open space presents an economic opportunity for landowners to build small multi-family housing units

A city grows outward from a central location in a series of rings in the

This is a representation of which model?

Geographically, cities in LDCs and Europe both have

The primate city of the United States is New York

Small settlements are limited to consumer services with small thresholds

This picture best describes which land policy?

A hexagon has how many sides?

In many major metropolitan areas dying or abandoned shopping malls can often be found

Edge cites typically develop in major metropolitan areas

Inner city neighborhoods face all of the following challenges except

This picture best describes which topic?

According to the Burgess Model of Urban Development, the outer most ring is the

What assumption(s) are in Christaller’s Central Place Theory?

This is a representation of which model?

Pop. of 4th largest city where the rank-size rule applies if the largest city is 10 million

Street patterns of Medieval European cities resembled

Transition of a low-income neighborhood to a wealthier neighborhood over time is an example of

Which of the following best represents a group of world cities?

Grid street patterns are most typical for cities in

All of the following are negative environmental consequences of suburban sprawl except

Urban sprawl is responsible for

Retail centers do not have a high threshold and range

Cites significantly increased their population size in Europe and North America during the

This is a representation of which model?

Squatter settlements in LDCs cities are usually located

What type of land use dominates on the periphery of the Latin American Model?

This is a representation of which model?

The maximum distance a person is willing to travel to frequent a service is called the

This is a representation of which model?

In Hoyt’s Sector Model lower income neighborhoods are usually located

This is a representation of which model?

Challenges for mega cities in MDCs include

The most practical definition for an urban area is

What geographic advantages do mass transit systems such as subways have over automobiles?

accessible public spaces, walkable blocks & streets, housing & shopping in close proximity are characteristics of

This is a representation of which model?

The two continents that are most connected between their world cities is

Industries during the 1800s located close to Central Business Districts (CBDs) because

Different places within an urban system require different types of infrastructure & it is NOT evenly dispersed.

Urban models attempt to explain

New urbanism is based upon land use trends from

During the Industrial Revolution, what factor contributed the most to rapid urbanization?

The process of settlement formation, expansion, and change is called