Chapter 16 Vocabulary - Urban Landscapes

A theory that describes the relationships between land value, commercial location and transportation (primarily in urban areas) using a slope; used to describe how land costs are determined.

• Bid-Rent Theory

• Concentric Ring Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Sector Model

• Galactic City Model

A model of urban development depicting a city growing outward from a central business in a series of concentric rings.

• Bid-Rent Theory

• Concentric Ring Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Sector Model

• Galactic City Model

A model of urban development depicting a city with wedge-shaped sectors and divisions emanating from the central business district, generally along transit routes.

• Bid-Rent Theory

• Concentric Ring Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Sector Model

• Galactic City Model

A model of urban development depicting a city where growth occurs around the progressive integration of multiple nodes, not around one central business district.

• Bid-Rent Theory

• Concentric Ring Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Sector Model

• Galactic City Model

A model of urban development depicting a city where economic activity ahs moved from the CBD towards loose coalitions of other urban areas and suburbs; also known as the peripheral model.

• Bid-Rent Theory

• Concentric Ring Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

• Sector Model

• Galactic City Model

The focal point

• Sector

• Node

• Concentric Ring

• Central Business District

A model of urban development depicting a city with a central business district, concentric rings, and sections stricken by poverty; also known as the Griffin-Ford Model.

• Latin American City Model

• African City Model

• Southeast Asian City Model

• Concentric Ring Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

A model of urban development depicting a city with three CBDs, growing outward in a series of concentric rings.

• Latin American City Model

• African City Model

• Southeast Asian City Model

• North American City Model

• European City Model

A model of urban development depicting a city oriented around a port and lacking a formal central business district, growing outward in concentric rings along multiple nodes.

• Latin American City Model

• African City Model

• Southeast Asian City Model

• Concentric Ring Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model

A high-poverty urban area in a disadvantaged location containing steep slopes, flood-prone ground, rail lines, landfills or industry.

• Squatter Settlement

• Disamenity Zone

• Periferico

• Dispersed Settlement