Urban Models in Geography

A structural model of the American central city that has five concentric land-use rings.

It models the internal structure of cities where social groups are arranged around sectors radiating from the CBD.

<p>The old colonial port zone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A model combining elements of Latin American culture and globalization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decentralization of the commercial urban landscape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process convincing white property owners to sell their homes at low prices due to fear of racial integration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The movement of working and middle-class white people to white suburbs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process where banks refuse to lend to specific areas on maps.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapidly growing cities that remain suburban in character.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It outlines the growth of cities in four stages of transportation history.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Contaminated industrial or commercial sites needing cleanup.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The downtown nucleus of a city with high retail and office density.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A theory explaining service distribution based on settlement size.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The minimum number of people needed to support a service.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area delineated for statistical publication by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A continuous urban area formed by the merging of several cities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The change in density from the center to the periphery of an urban area.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A zone with few services and undesirable surroundings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A significant concentration of retail and office space on the outskirts of metropolitan areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The government's right to expropriate private property for public use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The movement of households from urban areas to outlying locations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process of change in the use of a house from owner occupancy to abandonment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cities that serve as ports of entry and distribution centers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process converting low-income areas into middle-class neighborhoods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rings of land maintained as parks or agriculture to limit urban sprawl.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increasing population density by building on underused land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The basic physical structures and facilities needed for society's operation.</p> Signup and view all the answers