chapter 11 geography

The land use type which usually occupies the most accessible sites in the city is:

commercial

One positive consequence of gentrification might be:

Incentive for property owners to improve available housing

What is the large, urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington, D.C. also known as?

Megalopolis

Typically, urbanization in a particular location increases as ___________________ increases.

Population

Central place theory was developed by:

Walter Christaller

Suburb denotes:

a subsidiary area dependent on an urban area

The _______ model takes into account the major changes in urban form that have taken place since World War II, in particular the suburbanization of what were once central city functions.

peripheral

When a city is far larger than all others in the country, it is called a:

primate city

Which of the statements concerning the Central Place Theory is incorrect:

The number of larger towns and the number of smaller towns are roughly equal

Cities that are defined by their large nodes of office and commercial buildings and characterized by having more jobs than residents within their boundaries are known as:

edge cities