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HamanCh13
Mr.Haman's class ch.13 study guide and vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The process of settlement formation, expansion, and change is called? | urbanization |
| Three catergories sociologist Louis Worth used to differentiate between urban and rural areas include? | High density, social heterogeneity, and large size |
| The central city and it's surrounding suburbs.... | urban area |
| The United States bereau establishes Metropolitan statistical areas to? | Determine the geographical extent of influence for urban areas |
| City | An urban settlement that has incorporated into an independent self-governing unit |
| what advantages does a city gain by legally incorporating | authority to tax, responsibility to provide essential services, ability to hold elections, and establish legally defined boundaries |
| Industries during the 1800s located close to Central Business Districts because | they needed to locate close to transportation lines |
| auto-centered cities emerged during the post World War II era in | southwestern United States |
| During the Industrial revolution, what factor contributed the most to rapid urbanization? | The city was an economic pull |
| What factor is responsible for explosive urban growth in the developing periphery | rapid population growth, lack of opportunity in rural areas, difficulty of providing for one's family, real and/or perceived economic opportunity in cities |
| According to Brian berry, people who are a part of a "daily urban system", supported by functional regions connected to urban hubs by commuter links, have access to a plethora of services in | More developed countries and the United States |
| What is the population of the fourth largest city in a country where the rank-size rule applies if the largest city is one million in population | 250,000 |
| Primate City | when the largest city in a county is twice the size of the next largest city |
| challenges for mega cities in More developed Countries include | overcrowding, infrastructure maintenance, crime, pollution |
| The most urbanized region in the developing world is? | South America |
| In the United states overlapping Metropolitan Statistical Areas eventually lead to conurbanization or a... | megalopolis |
| What are some of the major world megalopolises | Boston to Washington D.C., Tokyo to Yokahama, Los Angeles to Tijuana, Chicago to Pittsburgh |
| Favelas are to Brazil as _____ are to Mexico | barrios |
| Squatter settlements in Least developed Countries cities are usually located... | on the outskirts of the urban area |
| Geographically, cities expanded outwards prior to the automobile by growing | along transportation lines |
| Which urban model best explains the spacial impact of automobiles and the construction of interstate highways on metropolitan areas in the United States | peripheral model |
| what happened to inner city neighborhoods when many industries shifted geographic location to the suburbs after World war II? | Neighborhoods declined in population, the housing stock deteriorated, unemployment rates increased for inner city residents, business services declined for inner city residents |
| when inner city neighborhood property values decline, owners of large older homes often subdivide the home into multiple units. | filtering |
| Blockbusting in the 1950s often contributed to | "white flight" |
| A bank would be engaging in ____ if they would not grant mortages to customers in certain neighborhoods or zip-codes | redlining |
| Young single recent college graduates who move into distressed inner city neighborhoods and refurbish their new residences would be an example of | gentrification |
| who is most likely to move into revitalized urban downtown area neighborhoods? | recent college graduates |
| Due to the changing nature of a city's economic base in North America, what activities and land uses have declined in and around the Central business district | Manufacturing, residential, major department stores, warehousing |
| Urban models attempt to explain | why patterns exist in urban areas, why people are not randomly distributed throughout an urban area, where people with particular characteristics live |
| A city that grows outward from a central location in a series of rigs in the... | concentric zone model |
| According to the Burgess model, the housing stock is most deteriorated and a sizable percent of residents are immigrants in the | zone of transition |
| According to the Burgess Model of Urban Development, the outer most ring is the | commuter zone |
| In Hoyt's Sector Model lower income neighborhoods are usually located | adjacent to the industrial and transportation corridor |
| What did Hoyt's research uncover regarding the highest social class district in a city? | high-class residential areas don't change much over time |
| Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster. | Multiple Nuclei Model |
| In chauncy harris and Edward Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model which of the following are nodes of activities? | University centers, hospital centers, airport and transportation centers, central business district |
| The major distinction between the multi nuclei and the peripheral model is that | highlights the problems of sprawl and segregation, adds a beltway that circumnavigates the urban area, incorporates edge cities |
| The major advantage of the peripheral over other urban models is that it... | highlights the problems of sprawl and segregation |
| The elite residential section in the Latin American Model is located | on either side of the main boulevard that leads to the Central Business District |
| what type of land use dominates on the periphery of the Latin American Model? | squatter settlements |
| Annexation | the process of a city legally adding more land |
| The identification of blighted urban neighborhoods and the subsequent removal of residents and demolition of deteriorated buildings with the construction of new buildings, highways, and other large construction projects is commonly known as? | Urban renewal |
| Inner city neighborhoods face some of these challenges... | deteriorating housing stock, increased homelessness and crime, a growing underclass that is unable to function in society, a culture of poverty |
| Inner city challenges fall into 3 basic categories, which are | economic, social, and physical |
| In the last twenty years the most successful strategy to revitalize central business districts and inner city neighborhoods has been to | construct more residences downtown |
| Suburban developments suffer from | a lack of diversity and social isolation |
| According to the classical bid-rent curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the Central Business District | land gets more expensive |
| The recent trend of metropolitan residents moving to rural areas and small towns is referred to as? | counter urbanization |
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