AP Human Geography Unit 7

model that argues that urban land use is best represented by a series of rings, earliest urban land use model, BID RENT THEORY, Von Thunen Model

creator of the concentric zone model

model that assumes that cities have highway, the distribution of social classes is divided into wedges

creator of the sector model

model that argues that urban land use has more than one focal point and have several discrete nuclei, includes cars

creators of the multiple nuclei model

model that consists of multiple centers which have decentralized cities and sub centered, disjointed

creator of galactic city model

creator of Urban Realms model

a model that explains how urbanization and the layout of cities are affected by new innovative modes of transportation, (sail wagon, iron horse, steel rail, auto air)

more populous places and places that are closer together have a greater attraction, (population 1 * population 2)/distance squared

a spatial theory in urban geography that attempts to explain the reasons behind the distribution patterns, size, and number of cities and towns around the world

creator of Central Place theory

minimum # of people required to support a business

the distance people will travel to purchase a good or service

the process that concentrates people into urban places

the physical traits of a place; topography, vegetation, and access to water

the geographic context of a place; government, economics, social traits

a series of central places ranked on the basis of their threshold, range, and market area (functional complexity); ALL CITIES ARE INTERCONNECTED

a principal centre of global economic power that significantly influences the world's business

a city with 10 million or more residents

a city more that two times the size of the next largest city and exerts social, political, and economic dominance

an urban design movement that promotes walkable neighborhoods with a variety of housing job types; ex: Seaside, Fl

a pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement; bigger the city, smaller rank it is

the ability of a town or a city to support sizable population who make a living from specialized, non primary sector activities

an urban planning theory that concentrates walkable city areas to prevent urban sprawl

cities that blend a use of residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial uses

wealthier people moving into urban districts to fix up older buildings in low income neighborhoods to make them more tourist friendly and attract income, BAD FOR INNER CITY DWELLERS W/O MONEY:(

a city can be organized without reliance on the surrounding countryside and power itself with renewable energy

a piece of land as a potential industrial site, not previously developed or polluted

neighborhoods of gathered ethnicities that make up sectors of cities, separated

refusing to offer home loans on the basis of ethnicity of a neighborhood

use of scare tactics to promote switch of racial groups in a neighborhood

the opposition to something undesirable in one's neighborhood, poor communities have less say on what goes on

the basic physical organization and structures of a place or facility for the operation of a society or enterprise

the increase of area surrounding the central city that is housing, not business

a form of housing containing strictly controlled entrances for automobiles and people, gated

a new downtown consisting of clusters of business activity that develops in the suburbs, like galactic model

a rapidly growing city that remains suburban

a "high class" area of a city

the spread of low density land use in a city because of rapid urbanization

forces that draw people out of the central city

forces that draw people into the downtown or CBD

areas that have been deserted in a city for economic or environmental reasons

the lack of desirable features in a place or city

an overcrowded, impoverished area of a region characterized by makeshift housing and little access to infrastructure

a part of a city occupied by a minority group, usually black or latino

land previously used for commercial/industrial uses but became contaminated or deteriorated

housing within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures, part of a slum

large disamenity sector, thick strip of commercial activity close to upper class

city model with colonial section, market section, and indigenous section, surrounded by ethnic neighborhoods

countries with oil industries are highly nucleated, countries without oil are rural and spread out

highly coastal cities based on trade

a settlement that provides goods and services for it's residents

the trade area served by the central place

part of the central city where major office and retail business are

trade route from central Asia to Europe

a massive urban complex created by converging metropolitan areas

the percentage of people living in an urban place

the annual percentage increase in urban populaltion

abandoned industrial districts from the 20th century

1500-1800s, cities grew with merchant families who ran the government and built infrastructure and fancy buildings

the megalopolis that is in the east coast of the US

clustering of activities in an area, which shapes the central city and suburban location

laws that regulate land use and development

city that exhibits a mixture of indigenous, colonial, and globalized influence

the authority of the government to take private property when doing so serves public interest

least urban populated world region of the world

an inexpensive good that is bought on a daily basis

a good that is bought only occasionally, usually available in urbanized cities only