Unit 6: Urban Models (LOOK AT THIS LAST)

Question 1

What is ring one of the Burgess Concentric model?

Answer 1

CBD

Question 2

What is ring two of the Burgess Concentric Model?

Answer 2

zone of transition: lower income residents (unique to the U.S.)

Question 3

What is ring 3 of the Burgess Concentric Model?

Answer 3

zone of independent worker’s homes: working class homes (older home’s)

Question 4

What is ring 4 of the Burgess Concentric Model?

Answer 4

zone of better residence: newer, more dispersed homes

Question 5

What is ring 5 of the Burgess Concentric Model?

Answer 5

commuter’s zone: people who live outside the city’s limits and commute to work

Question 6

Is the Burgess Model still valid?

Answer 6

No, it is very out dated because globalization, gentrifiaiton, etc.

Question 7

What is the Hoyt Sector Model?

Answer 7

the city develops in sectors

Question 8

Is the Hoyt Sector Model valid?

Answer 8

No, its outdated.

Question 9

What is the multiple nuclei model?

Answer 9

it shows a complex spatial layout with different activities and services gravitating to specific nodes, each nodes attracts specific people business and services and may repel other groups and organizations

Question 10

What is the galactic model?

Answer 10

developed in the 1960’s and looks at a post-industrial city, accounts for services, transportation, and technology

Question 11

Is the galactic model valid?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What is a great example of the galactic model?

Answer 12

the City of Atlanta

Question 13

What is the Latin American City Model

Answer 13

resembles aspects of the concentric zone model, focuses on the impact of European organization

Question 14

What is the sub-saharan african city model?

Answer 14

the impacts of european colonization on Africa and bringing a grid pattern to the urban layout

Question 15

What is the southeast asian city model?

Answer 15

instead of it being based around a CBD, it is based around a port, less based around economic income