Urban Geography Flashcards
rectilinear street patterns because of _________ and _____________
greeks and romans
before European colonization most cities located ___ along ___________
inland; river and trade routes(think silk road)
after European colonization cities on the _________ b
coast
why were cities on the coast after European colonization
colonizing powers needed a place to exploit resources
what are primate cities
2x the size of the next largest city
-London, paris, mexico
center of economic, political, and cultural activity
-markets
city
helps understand and predict relative size of cities in a country to compare them
rank size rule
Pr = Pi/r
rank size rule
- I is pop of the largest city
- r is the rank
christaller’s central place theory
predicts distribution of cities of varying sizes based on cities as market areas
threshold
min. number of customers needed to support a business
- same basic criteria restrictions as von thunen and weber
range
how far people will travel to get a product or service
agricultural distribution
von thunen
least cost theory of industrialization
weber
hinterland
aka market area
Urban models
explains morphology or layout of various types of cities based on history and era of city funding/major growth
north American urban models
sector model, concentric zone model, multiple nuclei, urban realms/edge city model
all north American urban models have a _____
Central business district
CBD
central business district
peak land value
verticality
CBD
the lower class live next to the central business district in ______ ________ urban models
north american
wealthy live closest to central business district because of full infrastructure amenities and proximity to govt where
everywhere but north america
these two show diminishing dominance of the original central business district
multiple nuclei and urban realms model
urban morphology
layout
urban morphology is affected by
location and history
