U6Q2: Urban Land Use Models

Which phrase best describes the urban central business district (CBD) shown in the photo?

• a European CBD that mixes low-rise historic buildings with new skyscrapers

• a Latin American CBD that mixes traditional markets with modern high-rises

• a European suburban with high-rise residential buildings and high population

• an African colonial with broad avenues, large homes, and administrative centers

• a North American CBD near the city's center, offering commercial space, parking, and transportation

Which provides a general explanation of functional zonation?

• Urban areas pass laws to define how property in specific areas can be used in order to separate commercial and residential spaces

• A city is made up of a series of rings that surrounds the central business district, each having a different function

• Different portions of an urban area have specific and separate purposes, which fit together to create the entity of the city

• In cities around the world, residential ares are based on ethnicity and cities are thus divided into ethnic enclaves

• An urban area's inner city has its highest population density, and population density declines in areas farther from the city.

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

• Galactic city

• concentric zone

• multiple-nuclei

• sector

• Griffen-Ford

Houses with small, high windows and no front yards, situated on dead-end streets, are common in Islamic cities. These characteristics might reflect the Islamic emphasis on

• The need for safety

• The high crime rate

• The value of privacy

• The power of the government

• The lack of development

Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?

• Colonial CBD's emerged separately from the traditional commercial centers

• Africans were traditionally not allowed to use the CBD used by Europeans

• African governments promoted multiple CBD's through urban planning

• One CBD is not enough to serve Africa's fast-growing urban population

• Locations of Africa's CBDs were poorly chosen, requiring multiple downtowns

What feature of many large Latin American cities is illustrated by Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, a wide avenue lined with trees, tall office buildings, and mansions?

• the disamenity zone

• the periferico

• the favelas

• the commercial spine

• the zone in transition

Which best explains why European CBDs have largely resisted the construction of skyscrapers and the resulting impressive skyline that typify American cities?

• Competition for valuable commercial space is not as keen in European cities as it is in the US

• European culture prefers lower buildings and has negative attitudes towards commercialism and skyscrapers

• The centers of European cities contain many historically significant buildings that leaders choose to preserve

• The EU regulates the height of buildings and has forbidden tall buildings because of safety concerns

• European cities tend to have stronger mass transit systems, so people do not need to be as concentrated in CBDs.

Which of these is the Burgess Model (Concentric Zones)?

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Which of these is Hoyt's Model (Sectors)?

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Which of these is Harris/Ullman Multiple-Nuclei Model?

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