Urban Models and Theories

These flashcards cover key concepts, models, and theories discussed in the urban geography lecture.

What is distance decay in urban geography?

Interaction between two places decreases as distance increases.

What is time-space compression?

The concept that technology has decreased the 'size' of the world, affecting communication and transportation.

What does the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) illustrate?

It shows predictable population patterns with stages of birth and death rates.

What are the main stages in Rostow's Stages of Development?

Traditional society, Pre-conditions to take-off, Take off, Drive to maturity, and Age of mass consumption.

What is Malthus's theory about population growth?

Population grows exponentially while food production grows arithmetically, leading to potential crisis points.

What are the key assumptions of Von Thunen's Model?

1. Only one market, 2. Market-oriented farmers, 3. Uniform environment, 4. Equal access to market, 5. Profit maximization.

What is the Core-Periphery Model?

It explains the interaction of countries, emphasizing that wealthier countries impact the development of poorer ones.

What is the Bid Rent Theory?

It focuses on how land prices and demand change as distance from the Central Business District increases.

What is Weber's Least Cost Theory?

Industries minimize costs by considering transportation, labor, and agglomeration.

What does the Gravity Model predict?

It predicts the level of interaction between two places based on their size and distance.

What is the Rank-Size Model used for?

To measure the dominance and population distribution of cities within a country.

What defines a Primate City?

A city that is at least twice the population size of the second largest city in the country.

What is the Burgess Concentric Zone Model?

It describes urban land use in concentric rings around the Central Business District.

What does the Sector Model assume about urban development?

It assumes zones develop in sectors radiating from the CBD along transportation routes.

What is the Multi-Nuclei Model?

This model suggests cities may have multiple centers of development rather than a single CBD.

How did edge cities develop?

They emerged as people moved to suburbs and businesses followed to serve those populations.

What does Borchert’s Epochs of Urban Transportation Development address?

It analyzes how different transportation methods influence urban growth and city movement.