THEORIES OF URBAN DESIGN

Question 1

He used the term “conurbation” and gave emphasis to how people and cities have a relationship

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Sir Patrick Geddes

Question 2

Father of American City Planning and a hallmark name in the City Beautiful Movement

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Daniel Hudson Burnham

Question 3

This architect was very fond of cubist aesthetics and conceptualized sky-high buildings

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Charles Edouard Jeanneret or Le Corbusier

Question 4

This land economist’s model shows that the central business district has commercial functions and high land values

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Homer Hoyt

Question 5

He came up with the broadacre city where settlements were alloted 1000ha; he also opened the door for suburbanization and adressed urban decentralization

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Question 6

This theory explains the reasons behind distribution patterns, size, and number of cities and towns.

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Central place theory

Question 7

A theory that was advanced by Paul Paterson

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Public choice theory

Question 8

It is a plan where the center of the city contains agora, theaters, and temples

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Hippodamian plan

Question 9

Geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the CBD

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Bid rent theory

Question 10

This model portrays how cities social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings

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Concentric Zone model

Question 11

This area of the city is a non-residential area and it’s where businesses are

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Central Business District

Question 12

This contains industry and has poorer-quality housing available

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Zone of Transition

Question 13

This area containes modest older houses occupied by stable, working class families

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Zone of working class

Question 14

This zone containes newer and more spacious houses

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Zone of better residence

Question 15

This area is located beyond the build-up area of the city

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Commuter’s Zone/Suburbs

Question 16

It is a model of the internal structure of cities; stresses the importance of transportation corridors; applies well to some towns only;

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Sector model

Question 17

This is a model where city grows from several independent points rather than from one central business district; created by Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman

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Multiple Nuclei Method

Question 18

This model is where suburbs are within the sphere of influence of the central city and its metropolitan; developed by James E. Vance Jr.

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Urban Realms Model

Question 19

This model includes an inner core where land is expensive and used intensively

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Core frame model

Question 20

This urban model is due to lack of planning or construction and illegal without a specific order

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Irregular pattern model