HG - Unit 6

The central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as a

• Megalopolis
• Zoning Laws
• Urban Morphology
• Urban Area

A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.

• Concentric Zone Model
• Griffen-Ford Latin American City Model
• Peripheral Model
• Sector Model

A model of the internal structure of cities, created by Harris and Ullman, in which social groups are arranged around in a collection of nodes of activities

• Multiple Nuclei Model
• Concentric Zone Model
• Peripheral Model
• Sector Model

A model of the internal structures of cites in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district.

• Sector Model
• Multiple Nuclei Model
• Zone in Transition
• 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

• Renewal
• Gentrification
• Conversion of Area
• Urban Renewal

Which of the following settlement types is likely to use the largest percentage of land space for residents?

• town
• suburb
• hamlet
• physical city

Squatter settlements in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) cities are usually located

• along major highways
• on the outskirts of the urban area
• in warehouse districts
• adjacent to industrial areas

Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster. This describes the

• peripheral/galactic
• multiple nuclei
• sector
• concentric

The minimum number of people needed to support a business is called the

• range
• threshold
• bid rent
• radius

The largest major population concentration of North America is 

•  from Toronto to Montreal. 
• A.  from Miami to Jacksonville. 
• from San Diego to San Francisco
•  from Washington D.C. to Boston.