Unit 6 - Urban Geography Review

What is the main benefit of transit-oriented development?

In this pic, we see high-rise apartments in the CBD & squatter settlements on the periphery. What does this tell us?

The ___ Model and the Bid-rent Theory show that land prices rise exponetially closer to the central business district.

If a country moves its capital to a new city so that it can be planned well & be more modern, the new capital is called:

What is the purpose of light-rail transportation systems being built in medium-sized areas in the U.S.?

Which of the following is an example of a smart growth approach to urban planning?

Which type of city developed out of rapid suburban growth with the expansion of businesses in suburban areas?

Which theory is based on how the size of cities impacts its interaction with other cities?

Which would be most helpful to a geographer analyzing expansion? A census track map of each city/surrounding county:

Which of the following models best represents an old colonial port zone & its surrounding commercial districts?

If a city sees a 50% increase in population in just 10 short years, what is most likely the cause?

An advantage of the Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model over the Hoyt sector model and the concentic zone model is:

Which of the following is NOT an example of infrastructure?

What is the most negative effect of gentrification?

Venice, London, and Amsterdam were early examples of urban development in Western Europe. What did they have in common?

What is the importance of having stock exchanges in Mumbai, India and Shanghai, China?

New urbanism is inended to:

By having apartments available above retail stores and restaurants in a city is an example of:

Why would edge cities with many high-rise office buildings possibly be built on the outskirts of a city like Paris?

According to rank-size rule, higher ordered services (more specialized services like hospitals):

Which of the following is a strength of the galactic city model?

Which of the following would reduce urban sprawl?

London & Tokyo are __ cities bc they are seats of national govts., fashion hubs, & have centers of higher learning.

Why do many families live in zones 4 and 5 of the Concentric Zone Model cities?

Why would one choose to live in a squatter settlement?

Which of the following would explain why Atlanta would have more specialized goods than smaller urban areas in the U.S.?