ap human quizzes 6

largest city is 900000 what is the 3rd largest

300,000

rank size rule: largest city of 10 million size of second largest?

5 million

Gravity Model

A model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service.

an urban center that is disproportionately larger than the second largest city in a country and that dominates the country's social, political, and economic acctivites can be best classified as

a primate city

what distance from the central business district will recreational land use begin to outbid all other land uses

about 10 miles

the presence of media hubs, coalitions focusing on specific environmental challenges, and headquarters for multinational corporations in major cities help explain how much cities

are linked globally in ways that transcend national political boundaries

today the greatest number of urban dwellers is found in

asia

what group of cities are the best examples of central places with large hinterlands

atlanta, denver, calgary

what helped create ghettoes in north american cities

blockbusting and racial steering redlling by financial instutions concentration of public housing and social services fixed school district

reasons for the rise of suburban developments in the 1950

building of interstate highways the GI bill of rights the desire for more space prefab construction methods

what explains why new york have more specialized stores than do smaller urban places in the united states

central place theory

a settlement node whose primary function is to provide support for the population in its hinterland

christaller's model of central place

what site factor best explains the linear patterns of urbanized areas extending between washington, DC, philadelphia, New York, and Boston

developed due to the abundance of deep-water harbors and waterfalls where the flat costal plains met higher lands

which of the following groups would most likely engage in the gentrification of an older residential neighborhood

double-income households without children

which of the following types of cities resulted from rapid suburban growth and the expansion of retail areas, office devolonments, business centers, and corporate headquarters to provide jobs and services in sububan areas

edge cities

advantage of light-rail networks

faster commuter railroad networks and subways and extends out to multiple suburbs

problems caused by housing renovations due to gentrification

higher rents causing displacements of existing residents

whats true of an edge city

it has a large amount of recently developed retail and office space

according to rank size rule, what is true about the second largest city in a country

it has half the population size of the largest city

primate city

it is disproportionately large in relation to the next largest cities in that country

a feature of the original central business district found in most cites

land values are the highest of any zone in the metropolitan area

the growth of north american suburbs was most constrained by

limited transportation

according to the sector model of north american city structure, members of low-income groups tend to live where

linear residential areas radiating from the center city outward

important physical site characteristic

major central park

in the new global economy, an increasing proportion of influential financial decisions are being made

major corporate centers such as new york, london, and tokyo

reasons for rapid suburbanization in the united states after the world war 2

mass production of automobile expansion of home construction expansion of the interstate highway availability of low down payments and long-term mortgages

geographic characteristic shared by megacites in the global periphery

megacities demonstrate unplanned growth patterns and often contain squatter settlements

according to the central place theory, threshold is defined as

minimum number of people needed to support a servive

A primate city such as Mexico City is

more than twice the size of any other city in its country and dominant economically and culturally

what is a correct statement about the major cities of the world

most are located on rivers or seacoasts

mixed-used development, pedestrian-friendly design, and the incorporation of front porches and alleys are design elements of what

new urbanism

the number of functions in a central place is dependent on what

population of the central place population of the market area size of the market area distance to a place with similar functions

gentrification in the united states

privately funded redevelopment of existing commercial and residential buildings

maximum distance a consumer will travel to acquire a good or service

range

goals of light-rail projects

reduce the ecological footprint of cities and reduce the air pollution created by vehicle exhaust

new urbanism is an example of sustainable urban development. This type of development is intended to

reduce the miles driven on personal vehicles

what type of urban land use is most common on the preiphery of cities in latin america

residential squatter settlements

what is not crucial to the emergence of the first cities

separation of the ruling system and the religious system

which of the following define Chicago's position in relation to the infrastructure of the united states

situation

Central Place Theory

spatial patterns of urban and outlying areas based on the flow of goods and sevices

in the contemporary pattern of migration to cities in more developed countries, migrants are more likely to settle in

suburban areas

a consequence of blockbusting the north american cities

the ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed

what explains urban growth in the period of 2000 to 2010

the greatest percentage growth in population occurred in countries adjacent to the three largest metropolitan areas, indication continued suburbanization

why is La Defense located on the outskirts of paris

the land at the center of paris is filler with numerous historic buildings that residents do not want torn down

what occurs when the cities in a country follow the rank-size rule and the country has a primate city

the largest city is two times the population of the next-largest city

what explains the characteristics of cities in a postindustrial economy

the postindustrial city has a large share of offices housing technology and information services

classic models of city structure

the sector model is highly influenced by transportation patterns

what aspect of the design of washing DC was different from the design of most other urban centers

the were designed as show places to reflect the power and wealth of their respective countries

what best explains the importance of stock exchange in the cities of mumbai, india and changhai, and china

these cities function as global economic centers in the semi periphery

according to rank size rule, which of the following is typically true of higher-order services, such as hospitals with a large number of medical specialties

they have larger ranges and thresholds

why would a country such as Brazil or Nigeria construct a new capital city in a different location from the old capital city

to build modern, planned cities and administrative center

what do the concentric zone model and bid-rent curve illustrate about patterns of urban areas

together they show hoe land prices rise exponentially closer to the central business district

the multiple-nuclei model of city structure tends to be most applicable to

traditional cities

international company headquarters significant global financial functions, and a polarized social structure are defining characteristics of

world cities