Unit 8 - Urban Geography Flashcards
The process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population come to live in the town.
Urbanization
Urbanization comes with the _____ of the infrastructure, as well as services and other resources.
development
Urbanization is often associated with the MDCs, but urbanization also ___ rapidly in LDCs.
increases
Impoverished people from ___ areas are forced to move to the cities hoping for better opportunities. They add to the already burgeoning population in these cities where birth rates are not dropping.
rural
An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit.
City
Cities keep on growing since people see them as places of ____.
opportunity
The growth of cities occurs via two processes:
Rural-to-Urban Migration
Annexation
This occurs when people move to the city.
Rural-to-Urban Migration
Cities will frequently annex, which means legally absorb adjacent areas and merge them.
Annexation
Two Main Reasons Annexation Happens:
o Increasing the city’s tax base because more people mean larger tax revenues.
o Concerns a state or central government funding; the most considerable cities get more funding from the central government.
An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality.
Central City
Virtually all countries have a _____ that recognizes cities as legal entities with fixed boundaries.
local government system
The city’s boundaries define the geographic area within which the local government has the ____.
legal authority.
A residential or commercial area situated within an urban area but outside the central city.
Suburb
It consists of a central city and its surrounding built-up suburbs.
Urban Area
The U.S. census recognizes two urban areas:
o Urbanized area - an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants.
o Urban cluster - an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants.
An urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants.
Urbanized Area
An urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants.
Urban Cluster
What does NEDA mean?
National Economic and Development Authority
According to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), there are three metropolitan areas in the Philippines:
Metro Manila
Metro Cebu
Metro Davao
The largest urban agglomeration (conurbation) comprised of Manila and the other 15 adjacent cities plus the municipality of Pateros.
Metro Manila
Second largest urban area (Visayas region)
Metro Cebu
Situated in Mindanao, which is the third-largest urban area.
Metro Davao
The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered.
Central Business District (CBD)
Services are attracted to the CBD because of its _____.
accessibility
The CBD contains a ____ percentage of an urban area’s public and business services. Some consumer services, mostly leisure, are also in the CBD.
large
The CBD is the ____ of the city to reach from the rest of the region and is the region’s transportation network’s focal point.
easiest part
The CBD is one of the _____ in a city, usually at or near the settlement’s original site. The CBDs of older cities are often situated along a body of water, a principal transportation route before the twentieth century.
oldest districts
The Top Central Business Districts of the Philippines
- Makati Central Business District
- Bonifacio Global City (BGC)
- Filinvest Corporate City
- Ortigas Center
- Cebu Park District
- Triangle Park/Quezon City Central Business District.
- Eastwood City
- Downtown Davao
- Manila Bay Freeport Zone/Bay City
The top business district in the country developed by the Ayala Corporation during the 1950s.
Makati Central Business District
____ plays host to approximately 90% of the top 1000 companies in the Philippines and about 80% of the country’s multinational corporations.
Makati
Used to be a military base district. Today, it stands at the height of entrepreneurial success, which offers first-class residential communities, corporate head offices, and a population of approximately 650,000 people.
Bonifacio Global City (BGC)
BGC is near the two major roads, ____ and ____, and has easy access to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
EDSA and C5 road
Known as the business kingdom of the south of Manila.
Filinvest Corporate City
Located at the center of three major cities such as Quezon, Mandaluyong, and Pasig.
Ortigas Center
The _______, ______, and ______ regional headquarters are all located at Ortigas Center.
Asian Development Bank
San Miguel Corporation
and the country’s stock exchange
Situated at the center of Cebu City and is advertised as South Philippine’s commercial hub.
Cebu Park District
Cebu Park District combines two business districts, namely the _____ and the ______, appealing to call center companies and BPOs.
Cebu Business Park (CBP)
Cebu IT Park
Prominent companies in Triangle Park include the LKG Group of companies, Mercury Drug, and American multinational IT organization IBM. Some of its major business hotspots comprise the UP-Ayala Technohub and the Vertis North.
Triangle Park / Quezon City Central Business District
A district within Quezon City, situated east of Metro Manila.
Eastwood City
The center of commerce in the entire Mindanao region.
Downtown Davao
Downtown Davao
+ Situated in this district are the ______ and the regional office of the Philippine’s ______.
Davao International Airport
Central Bank
Spans the western coasts of the cities of Pasay, Manila, and Parañaque. You will find in the Bay City are the well-known SM Mall of Asia, SM Central Business Park, the Metropolitan Park, and the Aseana Business Park.
Manila Bay Freeport Zone / Bay City
Sociologists, economists, and geographers have developed three models to show where different types of people are likely to live in an urban area:
Concentric Zone Model
Sector Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
This refers to a modification of the various nuclei model.
Peripheral Model
Created in 1923 by sociologist E. W. Burgess, a city grows outward from a central area in a series of concentric rings, like the growth rings of a tree.
Concentric Zone Model
The Concentric Zone Model was created by?
E. W. Burgess in 1923
According to the ________, developed in 1939 by land economist Homer Hoyt, a city grows in various sectors.
Sector Model
The Sector Model was created by?
Homer Hoyt in 1939
According to the ________, developed by geographers C.D. Harris and E.L. Ullman in 1945, a city is a complex structure that includes more than one center around which activities revolve.
Multiple Nuclei Model
The Multiple Nuclei Model by?
C.D. Harris and E.L. Ullman in 1945
The Peripheral Model was created by?
Chauncey Harris
According to the peripheral model, an urban area consists of:
in city
large suburban residential
service nodes
nuclei tied together by a beltway or ring road.
