AP Human Geography Topic 6 Urbanization

The central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as a

• Megalopolis
• Zoning Laws
• Urban Morphology
• Urban Area

A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.

• Concentric Zone Model
• Griffen-Ford Latin American City Model
• Peripheral Model
• Sector Model

A 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 Model
• De Blij Sub-Saharan City Model
• Burgess' Model
• New Donut Model

A ring of land maintained by parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area

• Greenbelt
• Urban Land
• Green Land Usage
• Sprawl Limitation

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

A 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 Model
• Multiple Nuclei Model
• Zone in Transition
• Concentric Zone Model

The process of converting a neighborhood from a predominantly low-renter renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-owned area

• Renewal
• Gentrification
• Conversion of Area
• Urban Renewal

Which urban model best explains the spatial impact of automobiles and the construction of interstate highways on metropolitan areas in the United States?

• concentric ring
• peripheral/galactic city model
• sector model
• multiple  nuclei model

Which of the following settlement types is likely to use the largest percentage of land space for residents?

• town
• suburb
• hamlet
• physical city

Squatter settlements in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) cities are usually located

• along major highways
• on the outskirts of the urban area
• in warehouse districts
• adjacent to industrial areas