Urban Geography

Question 1

rectilinear street patterns because of _________ and _____________

Answer 1

greeks and romans

Question 2

before European colonization most cities located ___ along ___________

Answer 2

inland; river and trade routes(think silk road)

Question 3

after European colonization cities on the _________ b

Answer 3

coast

Question 4

why were cities on the coast after European colonization

Answer 4

colonizing powers needed a place to exploit resources

Question 5

what are primate cities

Answer 5

2x the size of the next largest city

-London, paris, mexico

Question 6

center of economic, political, and cultural activity

-markets

Answer 6

city

Question 7

helps understand and predict relative size of cities in a country to compare them

Answer 7

rank size rule

Question 8

Pr = Pi/r

Answer 8

rank size rule

• I is pop of the largest city
• r is the rank

Question 9

christaller’s central place theory

Answer 9

predicts distribution of cities of varying sizes based on cities as market areas

Question 10

threshold

Answer 10

min. number of customers needed to support a business

- same basic criteria restrictions as von thunen and weber

Question 11

range

Answer 11

how far people will travel to get a product or service

Question 12

agricultural distribution

Answer 12

von thunen

Question 13

least cost theory of industrialization

Answer 13

weber

Question 14

hinterland

Answer 14

aka market area

Question 15

Urban models

Answer 15

explains morphology or layout of various types of cities based on history and era of city funding/major growth

Question 16

north American urban models

Answer 16

sector model, concentric zone model, multiple nuclei, urban realms/edge city model

Question 17

all north American urban models have a _____

Answer 17

Central business district

Question 18

CBD

Answer 18

central business district

Question 19

peak land value

verticality

Answer 19

CBD

Question 20

the lower class live next to the central business district in ______ ________ urban models

Answer 20

north american

Question 21

wealthy live closest to central business district because of full infrastructure amenities and proximity to govt where

Answer 21

everywhere but north america

Question 22

these two show diminishing dominance of the original central business district

Answer 22

multiple nuclei and urban realms model

Question 23

urban morphology

Answer 23

layout

Question 24

urban morphology is affected by

Answer 24

location and history

Question 25

What 2 components enable the formation of cities

Answer 25

Agricultural surplus

Social stratification

Question 26

Hearth of urbanization

Answer 26

Mesopotamia 3500 BCE
Nile rive valley
Indus river valley
Huang he river valley
Mesoamerica