Chapter 11 Urban Systems and Urban Structures
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- Central place theory assumes
- population is concentrated in cities.
- demand for goods and services is insatiable.
- only motor transport is available.
- the terrain is a featureless plain.
- Threshold refers to
- the number of people in a central place.
- the minimum level of purchasing power necessary for the establishment of a given activity.
- the number of people in a hinterland region.
- the population of a central place multiplied by the per capita income of the place.
- A basic distinction in patterns of rural settlement may be made between
- fixed and migratory.
- commercial and planned.
- dispersed and agglomerated.
- open and closed.
- Economic base analysis is used to
- study a city’s economic structure.
- determine the threshold of a good.
- estimate the interaction between city systems.
- calculate a city’s taxable income.
- In contrast to the developed countries, most developing world countries are
- largely unaffected by urban growth.
- urbanizing, but primarily in smaller central places and dispersed industrial nodes.
- experiencing disproportionate population concentration in national and regional capitals.
- through planning, able to achieve an efficient urban land use pattern.
- In the competitive bidding for urban land,
- the most accessible parcels command the highest price.
- land rents are uniform throughout the urban area.
- the distance decay function is paramount.
- threshold requirement determines market value.
- Which of the following statements regarding basic and nonbasic activities is true?
- Manufacturing is a nonbasic activity.
- Basic activities must occur in the central business district.
- Nonbasic activities are heavily dependent on rail and barge transportation.
- Basic activities bring in money from outside the town.
- Population density in North American central cities is
- greatest at the center and gradually decreases toward the suburbs.
- gradually increases from the center to the suburbs.
- low at the center, highest in the zone just outside the center, and decreases gradually toward the suburbs.
- relatively uniform and related to economic base.
- Social areas of large, complex U.S. cities show residential segregation based on
- social status, income status, and ethnicity.
- income status, family status, and ethnicity.
- socioethnic status, income status, and family status.
- social status, family status, and ethnicity.
- The model that holds that the land-use pattern of major cities developed around more than one center of activity is the
- multiple-nuclei model.
- concentric zone model.
- social geography model.
- wedge or sector model.
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