Chapter 13 AP Human Geography

What is the Concentric Zone Model?

• A description of the process of urban growth that views the city as a series of CIRCULAR areas or zones, each characterized by a different type of land use that developed from a central core.

• an urban land use model which talks about SPATIAL arrangement of activities in an urban area.

• A city that LACKS a centralized business district or downtown area and that has several distinct neighborhoods that all act as regional centers within one larger city

• a city with growth INDEPNDENT of the CBD that is traditionally connected to the central city by means of an arterial highway or interstate

Filtering

• A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner to abandonment.

• A way of using natural resources without depleting them, and of providing for human needs without causing long term environmental harm

• Homer Hoyt published this model of urban structure, response to concentric zone model.

Galactic City Model

• a city with growth INDEPENDENT of the CBD that is traditionally connected to the central city by means of an arterial highway or interstate.

• A city that LACKS a centralized business district or downtown area and that has several distinct neighborhoods that all act as regional centers within one larger city

• an urban land use model which talks about SPATIAL arrangement of activities in an urban area.

• A description of the process of urban growth that views the city as a series of CIRCULAR areas or zones, each characterized by a different type of land use that developed from a central core.

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

Metropolitan Statistical Area

(MSA)

• a central city of at least 50000 population, the country within which the city is located, and adjacent countries meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city

• An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the country in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city.

Micropolitan Statistical Area

• An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the country in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city.

• a central city of at least 50000 population, the country within which the city is located, and adjacent countries meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city

Who created the Multiple Nuclei Model and when?

• Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman in the 1940s

• Ernst Griffin and Larry Ford in 1996

• Vance, Hartshorn, & Muller in the 1970s

Multiple Nuclei Model

• model that suggests that the CBD is losing its dominant position. A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities.

• spatial generalization of the large, late 20th century city in the U.S. It is shown to be a widely dispersed, multi-centered metropolis consisting of increasingly independent zones or realms, each focused on its own suburban downtown.

• description of the process of urban growth that views the city as a series of circular areas or zones, each characterized by a different type of land use that developed from a central core.

Peripheral Model

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

• Focuses on residential patterns explaining where the wealthy in a city choose to live.

• based on the notion that as one region or state expands in economic prosperity, it must engulf regions nearby to ensure ongoing economic and political success.

• description of the process of urban growth that views the city as a series of circular areas or zones, each characterized by a different type of land use that developed from a central core.

Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to low-income residents, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families' incomes.