City Models Flashcard

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Which of the following models best represents an old port zone and its surrounding commercial districts? (real AP question!)
Options: Southeast Asian City Model, Galactic City Model, Islamic City Model, Latin American City Model, Multiple Nuclei Model

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Southeast Asian City Model

Answer explanation

The Southeast Asian city model is focused on an old colonial port zone combined with the largely commercial district that surrounds it.

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An advantage of the Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model over the Burgess concentric zone model and the Hoyt sector model of internal city structure is that the multiple nuclei model

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easily incorporates construction of a new airport on the urban periphery

Answer explanation

The Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model is able to accommodate successive changes in city structure, such as constructing a new airport with accompanying services on the periphery of an urban area.

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The galactic city model was developed in response to the growth of suburbs and the need for a more complex model than the sector and concentric zone models. Which of the following is a strength of the galactic city model? (real AP question!) Options: It depicts a central business district., It depicts early-twentieth-century industrial cities., It is based on the location of an international airport., It is based on the decrease of urban sprawl., It depicts exurban nodes.

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It depicts exurban nodes.

Answer explanation

In the 1970s and 1980s, car-dependent transportation development led to urban sprawl and a series of edge cities in suburban areas surrounding the inner city. The galactic city model shows the change as an inner-city area surrounded by large areas of exurban nodes in the suburbs. Each exurban node has a suburban downtown that services the area outside of the central city in the region.

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Over time, the North American city model (concentric zone, sector, multiple nuclei, and galactic) shows an increase in the importance of...

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Transportation & Suburbanization

Answer explanation

The Concentric Zone, Sector Model, and Multiple Nuclei Model all represent Chicago, but at different time periods. Transportation and the expansion of different nodes of activity become more prevalent due to residents driving. The most recent model, the Galactic or Peripheral Model shows how suburbanization has decreased the importance of CBDs, and how many nodes of business have moved to the suburbs.

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What is a key difference between the North American city models and the world regional city models?

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Wealthier residents in regions other than North America tend to live close to the CBD.

Answer explanation

The North American Models tend to show that wealthier American live in the outer areas or suburban areas of cities, whereas in most other regions of the world, wealthy residents to live very close to the CBD, and outer areas have poorer residents and informal settlements.