APHG Ch. 9.3 DeBlij

The layout of a city, the physical form and structure, is referred to as

• urban morphology.

• urban grid.

• city plan.

• urban street pattern.

In Burgess’ concentric zone model, the zone of transition became

• a suburb.

• deteriorated with more business encroachment.

• a working class area.

• a gentrified upscale new urban neighborhood.

Peter Muller’s analysis of suburbanization indicated that suburbs were

• losing their appeal to home buyers.

• primarily “bedroom suburbs” with only a residential function.

• evolving into a self-sufficient urban entity with its own economic and cultural components.

• becoming a smaller proportion of the total American population.

The multiple nuclei model of urban structure developed by Harris and Ullman arose from the idea that _______ was losing its dominant position in the metropolitan city.

• the CBD

• the inner city

• public transportation

• the suburb

The core of a city is called the

• central city.

• exurb.

• urban zone.

• central business district (CBD).

_______________ was coined to describe a complex urban area, like Los Angeles or Toronto, in which centrality of functions is no longer significant and there are many centers of economic activity?

• exurb

• galactic metropolis

• central city

• conurbation

After 1970, new suburban downtowns (edge cities) were spawned in the outer city of Los Angeles, with their leading concentrations

• near key freeway intersections.

• along the coast.

• near hubs of public transportation.

• at the approaches to key bridges.

Mexico City and São Paolo are examples of

• South American cities.

• capital cities.

• megacities.

• Sun belt cities.

In Latin America, which of the following does not accurately describe the typical CBD?

• the primary business focus

• principal entertainment center

• main area of employment

• an area of out-migration to suburbs

In the Latin American city, where are the homes of the most impoverished and unskilled residents?

• in the city center

• immediately surrounding the city center

• on the outermost zone or peripheral fringe

• along the major access highways