APHG Unit 6 Exam Review

A model of the internal structure of cities in which different economic areas are spatially arranged in a series of rings.

• Latin American City Model

• Concentric Zone Model

• Peripheral Model

• Sector Model

The central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as a

• Megalopolis

• Commercial zone

• Edge city

• Metropolitan Area

A ring of land maintained by parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area

• Greenbelt

• UGBs

• Brownfields

• Greenfields

Small county subdivisions, usually containing 4,000 persons, delineated by the U.S Census Bureau as areas of relatively uniform population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions.

• Census Tract

• Exurbs

• Suburbs

• Disamenity Sector

A model of the internal structure of cities, created by Harris and Ullman, in which the growth of the city is connected to various nodes

• Peripheral Model

• Concentric Zone Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Sector Model

A model of North American urban areas consisting in an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a belt way or ring road.

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Galactic (Peripheral) Model

• Central Place Model

• Concentric Zone Model

A model of the internal structures of cites in which the city grows around a series of wedges, radiating out from the central business district.

• Sector Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Galactic Model

• Concentric Zone Model

The process of converting a neighborhood from a predominantly low-renter renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-owned area

• Suburbanization

• Gentrification

• Slum demolishment

• Urban Renewal

Which urban model best explains the spatial impact of automobiles and the construction of interstate highways on metropolitan areas in the United States?

• concentric zone

• peripheral/galactic city model

• sector model

• multiple nuclei model

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

• sprawl
• edge city
• new urbanism
• smart growth