Chapter 16: The Urban Landscape

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to urban structures, models, and land-use in Chapter 16 on urban landscapes.

Bid-Rent Theory

Explains the relationships between land value, commercial location, and transportation in urban land-use patterns.

Central Business District (CBD)

The center of a city where most economic activity occurs, including major transportation hubs and business offices.

Concentric-Zone Model

A model describing urban land use in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings around a common center.

Sector Model

A model of urban structure that describes how different sectors emanate from the CBD, generally along transit routes.

Multiple-Nuclei Model

A model where cities develop with multiple centers or nodes, each specialized in different activities.

Galactic City Model

A model that explains urban decentralization, incorporating edge cities and specialized subcenters due to automobile use.

Disamenity Zone

High-poverty areas in urban settings, often containing squatter settlements.

Zoning

The process of dividing a city into zones within which certain land uses are permitted.

Squatter Settlement

Informal housing areas often occupied by people living in poverty, lacking legal claim to the land.

Urban Density

The measure of population per unit area in urban environments, typically varying from high-density urban cores to low-density suburban areas.