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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as aMegalopolisZoning LawsUrban MorphologyUrban Area
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.Concentric Zone ModelGriffen-Ford Latin American City ModelPeripheral ModelSector Model
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA model showing a CBD that is divided into three groups/sections: a colonial CBD, a periodic and informal market place and a traditional business center. The neighborhoods in this model are often based on ethnic connections and the periphery of the city is composed of squatter settlements due to rapid industrialization.Sector ModelDe Blij Sub-Saharan City ModelBurgess' ModelNew Donut Model
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA ring of land maintained by parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban areaGreenbeltUrban LandGreen Land UsageSprawl Limitation
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA model of the internal structure of cities, created by Harris and Ullman, in which social groups are arranged around in a collection of nodes of activitiesMultiple Nuclei ModelConcentric Zone ModelPeripheral ModelSector Model
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA model of the internal structures of cites in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district.Sector ModelMultiple Nuclei ModelZone in TransitionConcentric Zone Model
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe process of converting a neighborhood from a predominantly low-renter renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-owned areaRenewalGentrificationConversion of AreaUrban Renewal
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich urban model best explains the spatial impact of automobiles and the construction of interstate highways on metropolitan areas in the United States?concentric ringperipheral/galactic city modelsector modelmultiple nuclei model
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following settlement types is likely to use the largest percentage of land space for residents?townsuburbhamletphysical city
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSquatter settlements in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) cities are usually locatedalong major highwayson the outskirts of the urban areain warehouse districtsadjacent to industrial areas
- 11. Multiple ChoiceLarge cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster. This describes theperipheral/galacticmultiple nucleisectorconcentric
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe minimum number of people needed to support a business is called therangethresholdbid rentradius
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe largest major population concentration of North America isfrom Toronto to Montreal.A. from Miami to Jacksonville.from San Diego to San Franciscofrom Washington D.C. to Boston.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIn Hoyt’s Sector Model lower income neighborhoods are usually locatedin a wedge that extends from the CBD to the suburbs.adjacent to the industrial and transportation corridoron the east side of the city.in the first ring around the CBD.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceFormulated by Christaller to explain the size and distribution of cities in terms of a competitive supply of goods and services dispersed to populations. Bigger centers have a larger hinterland, while smaller centers have smaller hinterland and less specialty and high-order goods.Central Place TheoryChristaller's TheoryChristaller's Place TheoryCentral Hinterland Theory
- 16. Multiple Choice
The creator of the African city model
Mcgee
De Blij
Burgess
Griffith- Ford
- 17. Multiple Choice
Squatter settlements near the center of a city can be classified into what sector
Middle Class
Elitist
Disamenity
Socioeconomic
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which model/theory is most useful for describing a settlement node with a function of supporting its hinterland?
Christaller's model of central place
Core-periphery
Von Thunen's model
Rostow's model
- 19. Multiple Choice
According to the sector model, once established, the most expensive new housing is built
on the outer edge, farther out from the center
in the skyscrapers of the CBD
on the inner edge of that district, closer to the center
on outer edge of the suburban area, farther from the center
- 20. Multiple Choice
According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby
hotels and warehouses
retail and wholesale shops
residences and highways
universities and colleges
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?
peripheral model
concentric zone model
multiple nuclei
sector model
- 22. Multiple Choice
Houses with small, high windows, no front yard, on dead-end streets reflect Islamic emphasis on
need for safety
high crime rate
value of privacy
lack of development
- 23. Multiple Choice
Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?
Colonial CBD formed apart from traditional commerce centers
Africans were not allowed to use the CBDs used by Europeans
African urban planning promoted multiple CBDs
One CBD is not enough for Africa’s growing urban population
- 24. Multiple Choice
Homer Hoyt’s sector model is based on what fundamental principle?
Development based on the location of amenities
Development is centered on transportation routes
Development is structured around the CBD
Development is based around enterprises such as airports
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is the common characteristic in Latin American cities according to the model?
A spine of high-class housing extended from the city center
Three distinct CBDs: colonial, traditional and market zones
Dominance of the suburbs in urban growth
Favelas or squatter settlements in the interior of the CBDs
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of John Borchert's epochs used the steam engine as their main mode of transportation?
Sail wagon epoch
Iron horse epoch
Steel rail epoch
Auto-air amenity epoch
- 27. Multiple Choice
The Latin American city model differs from the models of American cities in that
it shows different types of people live in distinctive parts of the city.
it is a simplification of urban reality.
poorer people live on the outskirts of the urban area.
it has a gentrification zone.
- 28. Multiple Choice
According to central-place theory, locations of economic activities are based on
Threshold and range
Resource inputs and markets
Core and periphery
Activity centers
- 29. Multiple Choice
Rules that govern land use in cities are known as
Plats
Site plans
Zoning ordinances
Land contracts
- 30. Multiple Choice
The process of higher-income people moving into a low- or middle-income urban neighborhood, raising property values, is called
Filtering
Zoning
Density gradient
Gentrification
- 31. Multiple Choice
A diverse, walkable, mixed-use neighborhood would most directly be a core goal of
Restrictive zoning
Gentrification
Counter-urbanization
New urbanism
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which statement comparing the use of urban transportation systems is best supported?
People in no country have placed much importance on urban public transportation
Europeans and Asians have placed about the same importance on public transportation as have people in the U.S.
People in the U.S. have placed more importance on urban public transportation than have Europeans and Asians
European and Asian urban transportation systems serve a higher proportion of residents than do systems in the U.S.
- 33. Multiple Choice
The area of a city with a high proportion of services, featuring skyscrapers and multiple transport hubs, is known as the
Commuter zone
Suburban residential zone
Central business district
Commercial spine
- 34. Multiple Choice
What is an edge city?
cities of the ancient world
a community's collection of basic industries
city currently without much population but increasing in size at a fast rate
a large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
- 35. Multiple Choice
Most important centers of economic power and wealth.
Four Asian Tigers
World Cities
Urban morphology
- 36. Multiple Choice
Primate City
the area or region around or near some place or thing
a city in which an economic transition has occurred from a manufacturing based economy to a service-based economy
the largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement
a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
- 37. Multiple Choice
a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood
Bid-rent theory
Blockbusting
Racial steering
Restrictive covenants
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