part 2

Question 1

city

Answer 1

o Relatively dense settlement
o People do not grow food there
o 1st large city developed in Mesoptamia
 4000 BCE, pop = 25 000
o Approx 200 years ago = 5% of pop in cities

Question 2

urbanization

Answer 2

o Process in which an increasing proportion of the entire population lives in cities
o Urban definition differs from country
o Canada = 1000

Question 3

suburban/suburbs

Answer 3

o Areas surrounding city

o Mostly residential

Question 4

unicity

Answer 4

o Jan 1, 1972
o New idea in local government reform
o Winnipeg amalgamated with 11 municipalities

Question 5

central place theory (long answer)

Answer 5

o Walter Christaller
o 1933 Germany
o Relationships between urban areas and hinterlands and the range that cities need to maintain their size
o Hinterland = Surrounding area served by urban center
 Literally = country behind
o Range = Distance people are willing to travel to buy something
 Cola = not far
 Rolls Royce = far

o Threshold of product
 Minimum number of customers needed for it to succeed
 Soda = less people and less range = smaller area
 Rolls Royce = needs more people as potential clients + large
 Range = larger area
 IKEA = Number of people in area
 Tim’s = amount of sales
o Assumed uniform topography, equal transport
o Model

Question 6

urban structure models

Answer 6

o How a city structure developed

o USA and Canada

Question 7

concentric zone model

Answer 7

o 5 land use rings arranged around common centre

Question 8

multiple nuclei

Answer 8

o Mid-20th century city

o Several land-use zones arranged around nuclear growth points

Question 9

frank lloyd wright

Answer 9

o 1867-1959
o Greatest American architect
o Though architect could be transformative
o Aesthetic that would enhance society’s well being
o Thought cities were cramped, crowded, poorly designed, built with no sense of design

Question 10

broadacre

Answer 10

 Utopian plan for the perfect community
 Rejected American cities
 Cities would not be:
 Centralized, bound to CBD, bound to pedestrian
 Automobile focused
 Open spaces
 Architect as master controller
 Each family would get an acre of land
 Residential between commerce, industry, parks, ag

Question 11

self storage facilities

Answer 11

o	Cdn + American philosophy 
o	US = 2.3 billion square feet 
	>7 square feet for American 
o	48 500 US facilities 
o	12 000 rest of the world (-China) 
o	$27.2 billion US (2012)

Question 12

world cities

Answer 12

o Alpha cities
o Form part of a global urban network
o Linked more efficiently internationally than locally
o Control points for global capital, government, culture
o 24: Toronto, Montreal, NYC, LA