GEOG 1200 Midterm: GEOG 1200 - Term Test 1 - 2018Winter
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Sector model: american model of urbanization 6. Multiple nuclei model: american model of urbanization 7. Other models of urbanization, urban sprawl and suburbanization 8. Cities of the developing world and mesopotamia 12. Concentric zone model: a city that grows in a series of rings surrounding the cbd. Applications of the concentric model: european model of urbanization. Zones of the concentric model (in order): central business district, zone of transition, recent immigrant groups, deteriorated housing, factories, working class zone, single family tenements, residential zone, single family homes, commuter zone, suburbs. Also k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as do(cid:449)(cid:374)to(cid:449)(cid:374) or (cid:862)e(cid:374)gi(cid:374)e of the (cid:272)it(cid:455)(cid:863) Focal point for transit - trying to pull people and resources into city. Place of work not residency - only zone like this. I(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ith li(cid:373)ited i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t afford (cid:374)utritio(cid:374)al food. Poor education = low skilled labor-force = low per-capita income. As education increases by 10% your income increases by 22% Highest high school dropout rate of all u. s. urban areas.
