Unit 6: Urban Geography

Question 1

Megalopolis

Answer 1

a long string of metropolitan areas
EAST COAST (nyc, philadephia, boston, penn)

Question 2

What is the concentric model also called? (Who)

Answer 2

Burgess Concentric Zone Model

Question 3

What is the sector zone model also called? (Who)

Answer 3

Hoyt Sector Model

Question 4

Who created the multiple nuclei model?

Answer 4

Harris+Ullman

Question 5

What is gentrification?

Answer 5

move into poor neighborhoods and renovate
rent prices and cost of living go way up
original residents are priced out

Question 6

What is redlining?

Answer 6

preventing people of color from moving into white neighborhoods

ranking neighborhoods based on the race that lives there, undervaluing predominantly Black neighborhoods and making them prone to gentrification

Question 7

what is an MSA?

Answer 7

metropolitan statistical area. a city and its county, with surrounding counties that commute to that city

Question 8

what services are found in the CBD?

Answer 8

consumer services, business services, public services