urban outline

Land values are high in the CBD primarily because of · a. competition for limited space. · b. high threshold and range. · c. less intensive land use. · d. the lack of skyscrapers. · e. the lack of residential space.

a. competition for limited space.

If a country's largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants and the second largest city has 200,000 inhabitants, which distribution does the country follow? · a. central place · b. economic base · c. primate city · d. rank-size · e. equidistant

c. primate city

With which urban model are edge cities most closely associated? · a. sector · b. suburban · c. multiple nuclei · d. galactic · e. concentric zone

d. galactic?

According to the sector model, the best housing is located in · a. a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city. · b. an outer ring surrounding the city. · c. nodes near universities and parks. · d. renovated inner-city neighborhoods. · e. gated communities.

· a. a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city.

The process of legally adding land area to a city in the United States is known as · a. annexation. · b. accreditation. · c. an application of eminent domain. · d. defined by urbanized area. · e. zoning.

· a. annexation.

Global cities are identified and ranked by a combination of · a. economic, political, cultural, and infrastructure factors. · b. economic, service, industrial, and infrastructure factors. · c. central place theory and gravity models. · d. hinterland and gravity models. · e. political and infrastructure factors.

· a. economic, political, cultural, and infrastructure factors.

Compared to the private automobile, public transportation offers more · a. energy efficiency. · b. flexibility. · c. pollution. · d. privacy. · e. range.

· a. energy efficiency.

The potential use of a service at a location is related directly to population and inversely to distance in the · a. gravity model. · b. population model. · c. distance decay. · d. intervening obstacles. · e. threshold model.

· a. gravity model.

According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby · a. hotels and warehouses. · b. residences and highways. · c. retail and wholesale shops. · d. universities and colleges. · e. hospitals and clinics.

· a. hotels and warehouses.

The geometric pattern which geographers use to represent market areas are · a. circles. · b. hexagons. · c. squares. · d. pentagons. · e. octagons.

· b. hexagons.

A central place is defined as a · a. hinterland surrounding a service. · b. market center for exchange of goods and services. · c. nodal range of a market. · d. rank and size distribution of cities. · e. hexagonal settlement pattern.

· b. market center for exchange of goods and services.

The multiple nuclei model describes cities that include · a. four linked CBDs. · b. nodes such as a port, a university, airport, and a park. · c. a nucleus in the CBD which is connected to a nucleus in the suburbs. · d. links between a seaport, an airport, and a railway station. · e. concentric rings around a CBD.

· b. nodes such as a port, a university, airport, and a park.

If a country follows the rank-size rule, how many people live in the fifth largest city if the largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants? · a. 50,000 · b. 100,000 · c. 200,000 · d. 500,000 · e. 5,000,000

· c. 200,000

A process of converting a neighborhood from low-income to middle-class or upper-class residences is · a. blockbusting. · b. filtering. · c. gentrification. · d. redlining. · e. zoning.

· c. gentrification.

Central place theory predicts larger settlements will be · a. more numerous and closer together. · b. more numerous and farther apart. · c. less numerous and farther apart. · d. less numerous and closer together. · e. more numerous.

· c. less numerous and farther apart.

A food desert is usually associated with · a. a lack of centrally-located grocery stores in the Rust Belt. · b. fresh produce generated by hydroponic cultivation in arid environments further than 1 mile away from rural inhabitants. · c. regions usually found in low-income areas where fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful foods are unavailable. · d. periodic markets that are only available to local people once a week in the Southwest United States. · e. sweets like cakes, candies, or pies which make people feel full but do not provide nutrition.

· c. regions usually found in low-income areas where fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful foods are unavailable.

A significant driver of suburban growth in the United States has been · a. population decline after WWII. · b. the annexation of rural areas. · c. rising incomes of the middle class. · d. the Industrial Revolution. · e. commuter railways.

· c. rising incomes of the middle class.

City governments tend to locate convention centers and sports complexes in the CBD because · a. they hope to lower real estate prices and tax revenues in their downtown areas. · b. of their low ranges and thresholds. · c. they hope to stimulate more business for downtown restaurants, bars, and hotels. · d. they have a need for the kind of rapid transportation that is only available in the CBD. · e. the CBD offers large amounts of horizontal space.

· c. they hope to stimulate more business for downtown restaurants, bars, and hotels.

The minimum number of people needed to support a service is called the · a. hinterland. · b. range. · c. threshold. · d. median. · e. meridian.

· c. threshold.

In which type of settlement do most people in the world live? · a. clustered rural · b. dispersed rural · c. urban · d. agricultural · e. primordial

· c. urban

Which of the following does NOT accurately define or describe a city? · a. A legally-incorporated urban settlement. · b. A local government system with fixed boundaries. · c. A settlement with elected officials and the ability to raise taxes. · d. A vernacular region controlled by a local government. · e. A geographic area with legal boundaries and services.

· d. A vernacular region controlled by a local government.

In which region's cities are the spine and disamenity zones of the sector model evident? · a. Apartheid-era city · b. Southeast Asian city · c. French Colonial city · d. Latin American city · e. Muslim city

· d. Latin American city

In a typical North American CBD, which type of activity is likely to be located on the street-level floor of a skyscraper? · a. government · b. industrial · c. office · d. retail · e. education

· d. retail

According to the sector model, what might influence the growth of a new corridor? · a. The opening of a convention center. · b. Subsidies for housing that revitalize older neighborhoods. · c. The removal of manufacturing from the CBD. · d. A university campus developed near an edge city. · e. The extension of transportation routes.

· e. The extension of transportation routes.