Urban Land Use Models - iGCSE

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

• on the outer edge, farther out from the center

• in the skyscrapers of the CBD

• on the inner edge of that district, closer to the center

• on outer edge of the suburban area, farther from the center

According to the concentric zone model, a city develops in a series of

• corridors

• rings

• nodes

• sectors

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

• Development based on the location of amenities

• Development is centered on transportation routes

• Development is structured around the CBD

• Development is based around enterprises such as airports

What is the common characteristic in Latin American cities according to the model?

• A spine of high-class housing extended from the city center

• Three distinct CBDs: colonial, traditional and market zones

• Dominance of the suburbs in urban growth

• Favelas or squatter settlements in the interior of the CBDs

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

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A common characteristic of all three models of urbanization

• CBD is always in the middle

• none of them include a suburb

• immigrants live in single-family dwellings

• working class homes located farthest from the CBD

According to the sector model, the best housing is located in

• sectors throughout the urban area.

• nodes near universities and parks.

• renovated inner-city neighborhoods.

• a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city.

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

• zone 1.

• zone 2.

• zone 3.

• zone 4.

The Latin American city model differs from the models of American cities in that

• it shows different types of people live in distinctive parts of the city.

• it is a simplification of urban reality.

• poorer people live on the outskirts of the urban area.

• it has a gentrification zone.

Which model is this?

• Sub-Saharan

• multi-nuclei

• sector

• south-east Asia