Reedy HS Unit 7 World Geo Vocab 24-25

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

• Concentric Zone Model

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Metropolitan Area

• Sector Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

The area where nonresidential activities are
concentrated.

• Concentric Zone Model

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Metropolitan Area

• Sector Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

A region that consists of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing.

• Concentric Zone Model

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Metropolitan Area

• Sector Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

A model that theorizes that a city develops in sectors, not rings.

• Concentric Zone Model

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Metropolitan Area

• Sector Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

A model developed by Harris and Ullman in 1945; a city develops around many central business districts.

• Concentric Zone Model

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Metropolitan Area

• Sector Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

The amount of people living in an urban area.

• Percent Urban

• Rural

• Slums

• Suburb

• Rank Size Rule

Characteristic of a countryside; sparsely populated.

• Percent Urban

• Rural

• Slums

• Suburb

• Rank Size Rule

An overcrowded urban area typically located in the outskirts of towns that are inhabited by very poor people.

• Percent Urban

• Rural

• Slums

• Suburb

• Rank Size Rule

The outlying district of a city; usually a residential area.

• Percent Urban

• Rural

• Slums

• Suburb

• Rank Size Rule

A ranking of the sizes of cities in a given country.

• Percent Urban

• Rural

• Slums

• Suburb

• Rank Size Rule