Modules 48-49

Question 1

Burgess Concentric Zone Model

Answer 1

A model of a city’s internal organization developed by E.W. Burgess that shows the rings of factory production and different residential zones radiating outward from a CBD.

Question 2

Hoyt Sector Model

Answer 2

A model of the city’s internal organization, developed by Homer Hoyt, that focuses on transportation and communication as the drivers of the cities layout.

Question 3

Multiple-Nuclei Model

Answer 3

The model of a citiy’s internal organization developed by a chauncy harris and edward ullman, showing residential districts organized around several nodes (nuclei) rather than one CBD.

Question 4

Galatic City (peripheral model)

Answer 4

A model of a city’s internal organization in which the CBD remains central, but multiple shopping areas, office parks, and industrial cities are scattered throughout the surrounding suburbs and linked by metropolitan expressway systems.

Question 5

Griffen-Ford Model (Latin American)

Answer 5

A model of the internal structure of the Latin American city developed by Ernst Griffin and Larry Ford.

Question 6

Gentrification

Answer 6

The displacement of lower-income residents by higher-income residents as an area or neighborhood improves.

Question 7

Perceived Density

Answer 7

The general impression of the estimated number of people present in a given area.

Question 8

Zoning Regulations

Answer 8

Laws that dictate how land can be used.

Question 9

Fiscal Squeeze

Answer 9

Occurs when a city revenues cannot keep up with increasing demands for city services and expenditures on decaying urban structure.