In general urban planning is often carried out...

Through local zoning ordinances

A forward Capital is...

1 that was moved for strategic economic or symbolic reasons

The image below shows...

Favelas/Barrios in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

the image below depicts....

The two largest Megalopolises in the world

Mexico city, London, Paris,Athens, Baghdad, Budapest, &, Tehran, all have this in common

All are primate cities within their state (country)

Which of the following explains the flooding of migrants to urban areas in the periphery?

The mechanization of farming has reduced the need for AG labor

What makes the model below unique is...

the decentralization of the CBD & edge cities

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1
In terms of geographic location, the world's mega cities have....
Moved East & South
have become more concentrated & centralized
Are concentrated mostly in former colonies
Increased most commonly in the Core Countries
2
In general urban planning is often carried out...
Through local zoning ordinances
Through federal zoning laws
Through public-private partnership
By international policy
3
The model below is...
Latin American Urban Model
African Urban Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
S. American Urban Model
4
Office & industrial parks, suburban malls, and suburban development are all effects of...
economic development in squatter cities
Decentralization
Deindustrialization
Recentralization
5
The Model Below is...
Multiple Nuclei
Central Place Theory
Latin-American
Concentric Zone
6
A forward Capital is...
common in the peripheral countries of the world
anisland of development that was the 1st to develop adv tech
1 that was moved for strategic economic or symbolic reasons
1 located on the periphery of a country to foster trade
7
The Urban Model below depicts...
Galactic City Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Central Place Theory
Sector Model
8
These cities contain many structural relics from colonialism
Russian & European
N. American & S. American
African, Asian, & S. American
Oceania & Australia
9
The image below shows...
Squatter Settlements in Nin'Dejanima, Chad
Urban Sprawl in S. Africa
Favelas/Barrios in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
A rapidly industrializing megacity
10
The revitalization of old neighborhoods, increasing taxes, and displacement of the poor are all
outcomes of urban development
impacts of suburbanization
the consequence of quickening urban to rural migration
impacts of gentrification
11
The model shown below is the....
Hoyt's Sector Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Concentric Zone Model
Based on high-speed rail and other advanced transit methods
12
the image below depicts....
Urban Agglomeration
The areas with the greatest population density on earth
The worlds greatest Mega Cities
The two largest Megalopolises in the world
13
The graph below mostly illustrates
Bid Rent theory
Central Place Theory
The effect of distance decay on migration
The Urban Hierarchy of settlements
14
Mexico city, London, Paris,Athens, Baghdad, Budapest, &, Tehran, all have this in common
All are primate cities within their state (country)
All are capitals of colonialists or colonized countries
Are all central places with out a dominant ethnicity
A focus on nonbasic sector activities due to development
15
Lack of amenities, reduction of arable land, increased pollution, decentralization are impacts of
Poor Zoning laws
Blockbusting
Gentrification
Urban Sprawl
16
Which of the following explains the flooding of migrants to urban areas in the periphery?
Global ethnic conflict in rural areas has made them refugees
Discovery of natural resources such as gold or diamonds
The mechanization of farming has reduced the need for AG labor
Rural to urban migration has been forced by dictatorial govs
17
One goal of New Urbanism
To re-centralize the city
Focus on methods of transit
improve the built environment
Is to achieve zero-urban growth
18
the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas is known as...
suburbanization
decentralization
urban sprawl
ruralurbanification
19
What makes the model below unique is...
it notes the effect of deindustrialization has on the CBD
the decentralization of the CBD & edge cities
The emphasis on methods of transportation
the centralization of CBD functions in peripheral areas

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