Human Geography Vocab 6.3, 6.4, 6.5

World City

A city that wields political, cultural, and economic influence on a global scale.

Urban Hierarchy

A ranking of settlements according to their size and economic functions.

Globalization

The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale.

Rank- size rule

Model that illustrates the relationship between population distribution in cities that are interconnected in the urban hierarchy. Explains how the population size of cities within a country may be distributed.

Primate city

The largest city in a country, which far exceeds the next city in population size and importance.

Gravity model

Model that illustrates the amount interaction and spacial relationship between locations of different sizes.

Christallers central place theory

A theory used to describe the hierarchical spacial relationship/ order of cities and settlements between cities and their surrounding communities.

Burgess concentric- zone model

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

Hoyt sector 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.

Harris and Ulman multiple nuclei 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.

Galactic city model

A model of urban development depicting a city where economic activity has moved from the central business district toward loose coalitions of other urban areas and suburbs; also known as the peripheral model.

Bid-rent theory

A theory that describes the relationships between land value, commercial location, and transportation. Used to describe how land costs are determined.

Latin American city model

A model of urban development depicting a city with a central business district, concentric rings, and sections stricken by poverty

Southeast Asian 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 and along multiple nodes

African city model

A model of urban development depicting a city with 3 central business districts, growing outwards in a series of concentric rings.