Cities & Urban Land Use unit test
A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.
Suburbanization and sprawl
Megacity and metacity
Site and situation for cities
Multiple nuclei model
Concentric zone model
Urban redevelopment and renewal
Urbanization
World city
Gentrification
Latin American, African and Southeast Asian city models
Range and threshold
Squatter settlements
Short answer 1. Define or explain: Rank-size rule and primate city
3 ptsShort answer 2. Define or explain: Christaller's central place theory
3 ptsShort answer 3. Define or explain: Bid-rent theory
3 ptsShort answer 4. Define or explain: Sector model
3 ptsFree response
7 ptsUrban models describe internal city structure, but cities also change through political and economic processes. (A) Identify the geographer or geographers associated with the multiple nuclei model. (B) Describe one way the multiple nuclei model differs from the concentric zone model. (C) Explain one reason the Latin American city model places low-income squatter settlements at the urban periphery while North American models place low-income housing near the center. (D) Define gentrification. (E) Explain one benefit and one cost of gentrification for existing residents of a neighborhood. (F) Explain how an urban growth boundary is intended to reduce sprawl. (G) Explain one criticism of urban growth boundaries as a policy tool.