Urban Geography Quiz

The rapid, often unorganized, growth of a city from its center outward is often known as ___.

• New Urbanism

• Exurbanization

• Urban sprawl

• Urban infill

Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.

• blockbusting

• gentrification

• leapfrogging

• new urbanism

Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to ___ in American cities.

• gated communities

• racial segregation

• public transportation

• exurbanization

Real estate agents have encouraged white families to sell their houses once a minority family moves into the neighborhood in a process known as ___.

• redlining

• gentrification

• filtering

• blockbusting

This is the number of customers (or high income demand) needed to make a business profitable or allow a service, such as a post office, library, or fire hall to be offered.

• Demographics

• Zoning By Law

• Density

• Threshold Population

According to the concentric zone model, a city develops in a series of

• corridors

• rings

• nodes

• sectors

Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas known as

• squatter settlements

• public housing

• the zone in transition

• suburbs

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

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

According to the sector model, the best housing is located in

• sectors throughout the urban area.

• nodes near universities and parks.

• renovated inner-city neighborhoods.

• a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city.