Urban Geography

How much of the world's population live in cities?

• More than 50%

• 50%

• Less than 50%

The Central Business District (CBD) is also known as

• Downtown
• Suburb
• Uptown
• Rural Area

What does urbanisation mean?

• the movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities

• the movement of people out of cities to the countryside

• an increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities

• an increase in the percentage of people moving to the countryside

What are informal activities?

• untaxed, unregulated jobs with irregular hours or an unfixed location

• activities which take place in spare time such as hobbies or leisure activities

• jobs which are taxed and regulated such as offices or factories

• voluntary work that people do when they retire, in spare time or as social service activities

What is urban renewal

• the redevelopment of the whole city to make it more modern

• the redevelopment of part of a city for new landuses

• the improvement of part of a city by often middle class residents, changing the character of an area

• repainting, repaving roads and improving the infrastructure of a city

The following is a picture of which urban land use model?

• sector
• concentric zone
• multiple nuclei

The following is a picture of which urban land use model?

• sector 
• concentric zone
• multiple nuclei

What is the purpose of urban models?

• Explains where different types of people live
• Explains why people live where they live
• Depends on the use of Census Data
• All of the above

How would you best define decentralisation?

• The dispersal of activities and people from large urban centres to smaller ones

• The dispersal of activities and people from small urban centres to larger ones

• The deterioration of the built environment

• The renovation and enhancement of the built environment

A 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 activities

• Multiple Nuclei Model
• Concentric Zone Model
• Peripheral Model
• Sector Model