Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land Use Patterns and Processes

Question 1

What are the six Urban Hearths?

Answer 1

Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, Nile Valley, Indue Valley, Andean Region, Huang Ho

Question 2

How has cities diffused?

Answer 2

Cities evolved spontanesoly around the world. Empires diffuses throught trade and conquest

Question 3

What are some charcteristics of world cities

Answer 3

Cultural diversty, instutiones (musesma, universties), the ability to attract talented indivuals, dedications to enviornmental quality.

Question 4

What is the difference between Rank-Size Rule City and Primate City

Answer 4

Rank Size is only less then twice as large of the secon largest city
Primate is the biggest city by over half

Question 5

What are the five assumptions of the Central Place Theory

Answer 5

1. the surface is flat with no physical barriers
2. constant soil quality
3. evenly distrubuted spending power
4. unifrom transportation and direct travel from places
5. from any given place an good or service can be sold evenly in all cities

Question 6

What is the main idea of Burgess’s Concentric Zone Model

Answer 6

1. Spread out in rings
2. evolves around the CBD
3. does not take into physical features

Question 7

What are the main ideas of the Hoyt Sector Model

Answer 7

1. Sectors spread out around the CBD
2. Works with street cars in a railroad
3. does not take into account modern transportation

Question 8

What are the main ideas of the Harris Multiple-Nuclei Model?

Answer 8

1. More then one CBD (different nodes)
2. are not in the urban core
3. attract residental and maufacturing areas arounf certain areas

Question 9

What are the main ideas of the Harris Multiple-Nuclei Model?

Answer 9

1. More then one CBD (different nodes)
2. are not in the urban core
3. attract residental and maufacturing areas arounf certain areas

Question 10

What are the main idea of the Galatic City Model?

Answer 10

1. For places that are landlocked and have heacy use of roads and cars
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Question 11

Latin American City Model

Answer 11

1. The spine that connects the CBD and Market and is surrounding around upper class housing
2. Segergation in the city

Question 12

South East Asian City Model

Answer 12

1. Surrounded around the port zone

Question 13

Sub-Sahran African City Model

Answer 13

1. Colonization imprint
2. Three CBDs
3. Ethnic neighborhoods