Unit 6 terms review T

What defines a boomburb?

• A municipality with over 100,000 people growing rapidly but not a major city

• A city with a central business district

• A residential area far from suburbs

• A neighborhood with high crime rates

What are brownfields?

• Properties with potential environmental contamination

• Areas of undeveloped land around urban areas

• Poorest parts of the city not connected to services

• Nodes of consumer services around a beltway

What is the Central Business District?

• Downtown area where retail and office activities are clustered

• A residential area far from suburbs

• An area with extreme poverty and high crime rates

• A municipality growing rapidly but not a major city

What does the Central Place Theory help explain?

• The most profitable location for market centers

• The process of renovating inner-city neighborhoods

• The development of suburban residential areas

• The impact of environmental contamination on property use

What are Disamenity Zones?

• Poorest parts of the city not connected to services

• Areas of undeveloped land around urban areas

• Nodes of consumer services around a beltway

• Residential areas far from suburbs

What is an Exurb?

• Residential area farther from densely packed suburbs

• Poorest part of the city not connected to services

• Nodes of consumer services around a beltway

• Areas of undeveloped land around urban areas

What is the Galactic City Model?

• An urban area with an inner city surrounded by suburban areas tied by a beltway

• A city growing outward in concentric rings

• A model explaining real estate price changes

• A process of renovating inner-city neighborhoods

What are Greenbelts?

• Areas of undeveloped land around an urban area

• Nodes of consumer services around a beltway

• Poorest parts of the city not connected to services

• Residential areas far from suburbs

What does the Multiple Nuclei Model describe?

• A city with a single center

• A city with multiple centers around which activities revolve

• A city with no centers

• A city with a central business district only

What is the Primate City Rule?

• The largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

• The largest settlement has less than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

• The largest settlement has the same population as the second-ranking settlement

• The largest settlement has half the population of the second-ranking settlement