Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns & Processes

Question 1

What are Feudal Cites?

Answer 1

1000-1500-“Dark Ages” (no culture)

Question 2

What are Colonial Cities?

Answer 2

1500-1800- imperial powers encountered unexplored cultural centers(Tenochtitlan)

Question 3

What is Gentrification?

Answer 3

urban revitalization can often times work too well, thus causing the neighborhood to become too expensive

Question 4

What is Urban Revitalization?

Answer 4

inner city construction with shopping, entertainment, and a young-vibe professional vibe

Question 5

What is Inner City Decay?

Answer 5

run down, dilapidated, & low property value

Question 6

What is Ghettoization?

Answer 6

as suburbs grew, inner city neighborhoods developed into ghettos (poor neighborhoods of one ethnic group)

Question 7

What is Blockbusting?

Answer 7

real estate agents would stir up concern that MINORITIES were moving into a neighborhood

Question 8

What is De Facto Segregation?

Answer 8

segregation based on social deals & contracts (not by gov. rules)

Question 9

What is an Urban-Growth Boundary?

Answer 9

a border that defines the city’s edges and limits where new development takes place

Question 10

What are Slow Growth Cities?

Answer 10

when zoning policies are used to slow the rate at which a city is growing

Question 11

What is New Urbanism?

Answer 11

limiting urban expansion while preserving nature, old buildings, community(sense of place)

Question 12

What is Environmental Justice?

Answer 12

“development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies”

Question 13

What is zoning?

Answer 13

certain land use laws determined by what a city needs built(residential,commercial, mixed use)

Question 14

What is Urban Planning?

Answer 14

understanding how a city is laid out, how it functions, and best addresses the needs of human habits

Question 15

SE Asian City Model?

Answer 15

cities built around a PORT and a market zone (CBD is not clear)

Question 16

African City Model?

Answer 16

cities typically have 3 CBDs (colonial rule, traditional business, makeshift shops)

Question 17

Latin American City Model?

Answer 17

concentric-zone model, but with a SPINE of key business

Question 18

Galactic Zone Model?

Answer 18

a circular system that builds upon urban sprawl &edge cities

Question 19

Multiple Nuclei Model?

Answer 19

cities grow in NODES based on speacialized industries, commonalities, concerns, and price

Question 20

Sector Model?

Answer 20

wedge shaped irregular SLICES from CBD

Question 21

Concentric Zone Model?

Answer 21

cities grow outward in RINGS

Question 22

What is a World City?

Answer 22

cities that are very influential globally (New York)

Question 23

What is a Megalopolis?

Answer 23

a large city tied with other cities

Question 24

What is a Metacity?

Answer 24

a city with over 20 million people (Tokyo)

Question 25

What is a Megacity?

Answer 25

a city with over 10 million people

Question 26

What is Infill?

Answer 26

developing vacant land in already built up areas

Question 27

What is an Exurbanite?

Answer 27

those who leave the big city for the suburbs

Question 28

What is a Boomburb?

Answer 28

a rapidly growing suburb with more than 100,000 residents(big city vibes)

Question 29

What is a Primate City(rule)?

Answer 29

a state that has one city that is bigger than all other cities

Question 30

What is Rank-Size Rule?

Answer 30

a state has a large city followed by the next biggest with half the population then 3rd biggest is 1/3 that of the largest(and so on)

Question 31

What is the Central-Place Theory?

Answer 31

the central business district acts as a financial communication for an entire metro area

Question 32

What is Urban Sprawl?

Answer 32

vast expansion of housing & commercial centers in ways that is often unplanned

Question 33

What is a Metropolitan Area?

Answer 33

a city and the surrounding suburbs that are connected economically, culturally, politically, and socially

Question 34

What is an Urban Area?

Answer 34

a densely populated city center and its surrounding cities

Question 35

What is Traditional Architecture?

Answer 35

a style of construction based on access to materials, understanding of a technique, and type of climate

Question 36

What is Modern Architecture?

Answer 36

a simple style with minimal forms