Process of Urbanization and Suburbanization

Unrestricted low-density development of residential and commercial activities over a large expanse of land is

• sprawl
• edge city
• new urbanism
• smart growth

What promoted urbanization more than any other event?

• highways
• industrial revolution
• commericalization
• minimum wage

The Central Business District (CBD) is also known as

• Downtown
• Suburb
• Uptown
• Rural Area

The central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as a

• Megalopolis
• Zoning Laws
• Urban Morphology
• Urban Area

A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

• Primate City Rule
• Secondary City Rule
• Dense Cuty
• Dense Settlements

A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. Developed countries tend to conform to this rule, while developing countries tend to have one primate city.

• Rank-Size Rule
• City-Size Rule
• City Development Rule
• Primate City Size Rule

________ is the process of settlement, formation, expansion, and change.

• Suburbanization
• Urbanization
• Urban Sprawl
• City Growth

From largest to smallest the urban hierarchy of the following would go...
City, Town, ________, Hamlet

• Suburb
• Mega-City
• Village
• County

According to the classic bid-rent curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the Central Business District (CBD)?

• Land gets used more extensively.
• Land gets more expensive.
• Land gets used less intensively.
• Land gets more affordable along busy streets.

Industries during the 1800s located near the CBD to be close to

• Transportation lines
• The expanding urban population
• Affordable land
• Low-cost storage