Land Use Planning Terms

Name the model: Cities develop around a series of centres. These can then merge through urban sprawl. Some centres will be created through planning, for example, the development of an industrial estate. A very rapid growth of a city may lead to some activities moving to the outskirts (Shopping centres) and therefore creating a new nuclei

• The Sector Model

• Concentric Zone Model

• The Multiple-Nuclei Model

• British Urban land Use Model

Name the model
You have a commercial and Industrial spine. The commercial spine is surrounded by elite residential. A zone of maturity surrounds the CBD, with older housing mixed with new. The outskirts are the periferico where the poorest people live. 

• Post-Industrial American city

• Latin American City Model

• Urban density model

• The British concentric sector nuclei Model

Human geographers use ____  as a more precise term for "downtown."

• Central Business District (CBD)

• Urban Business District

• Service Business District

• City Business District

This example from 2015, shows one negative effect of what geographic term?

• gentrification

• urbanization

• unequal GDP

• zoning

Which of the following is an example of a smart growth policy for urban development?

• Increasing the capacity of roads/highways

• Decreasing the number or size of parks/greenspace

• Increasing mixed-use land policies to combat sprawl

• No longer permitting industrial zoning within city limits

What ONE vocab term does this example describe?

• annexation

• blockbusting

• urban sprawl

• counterurbanization

At what scale of analysis is this census tract map?

• national

• regional

• state

• local

Which term describes the process of designing and regulating the use of space within a city to ensure sustainable development?

• Urban Sprawl

• Zoning

• Land Reclamation

• Gentrification

What is the term for the practice of preserving natural areas and resources while allowing for limited human use?

• Conservation

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

Which concept refers to the division of a city into different regions or zones for specific purposes such as residential, commercial, or industrial use?

• Zoning

• Urban Renewal

• Gentrification

• Suburbanization