Urban Design Models Flashcard

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According to the sector model, once established, the most expensive new housing is built

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on the outer edge, farther out from the center

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According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby

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hotels and warehouses

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Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?

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peripheral model

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According to the multiple nuclei model, what develops at the outskirts of core cities?

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Edge cities

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Homer Hoyt’s sector model is based on what fundamental principle?

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Development is centered on transportation routes

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In this urban model, land prices would be highest in the area labeled

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1

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Which urban model includes nodes such as a port, a university, an airport and a park?

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multiple nuclei

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In the concentric zone model, most low-income people would find affordable housing in

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zone 2.

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The Nuclei Model: Posits that a city is a complex structure that includes more than one center around which activities and people cluster

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The Nuclei Model describes urban development as having multiple centers of activity.

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Which model posits that a city develops in a series of sectors or corridors that extend out from the center (CBD)?

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Sector Model