Urban Review

A country following rank-size rule has a city with the largest population size of 1,000,000 people. What would be the population sizes of the cities ranked 2, 3, and 4?

• 500,000; 250,000; 125,000

• 750,000; 500,000; 250,000

• 500,000; 333,000; 250,000

• 500,000; 300,000; 100,000

This urban design plan assumes that

• The physical landscape is flat and there are no obstacles

• There is a uniform transportation network for the region

• Soil fertility varies thus producing different levels of agricultural development

• Population and purchasing power are evenly distributed

The first urban hearth was

• Mesopotamia

• Nile River Valley

• Mesoamerica

• Ancient Greece

What is NOT something needed to develop into the first urban centers?

• Agricultural surplus

• Social stratification

• Leadership class

• Elected officials

The unrestricted growth of commercial centers and residential communities with little to no urban planning and/or zoning laws is known as

• Chaos

• Urban Sprawl

• New Urbanism

• Bid-Rent

Which of the following are accurate about the DeBlij Urban Model?

• It focuses around a Colonial CBD

• Informal settlements surround the outskirts of the city

• There is no industrial section of this model

• It has a commercial spine

Mexico City: 12,294,193

Iztapalapa: 1,820,000

Ecatepec: 1,806,226

Guadalajara: 1,640,000

Based off of the population size of Mexico's four largest cities, what can we determine about Mexico?

• It has a primate city

• It follows rank-size rule

• Mexico is experiencing many problems with urban sprawl

• It is probable that there are favelas in Mexico

As a general rule, the lower socio-economic classes tend to live near

• The CBD

• The Industrial or Manufacturing Zone

• The Middle Classes

• Transportation Networks

One of the unique features of the Griffen-Ford Model is

• It has rings of housing emanating out from the CBD

• It has a commercial spine that connects the CBD to a mall

• It has 3 CBDs, one of them with colonial ties

• The CBD is focused on a port zone

Which city model centers around a mosque and bazaar?

• Islamic City Model

• Latin-American City Model

• Sub-Saharan African City Model

• McGee City Model