ap human unit 6

• characteristics of high density areas

  buildings often clustered (taller buildings and smaller lot size), people utilize public transportation more, large variety of goods and services
• how the bid rent theory impacts internal structure of a city

  buildings closer to CBD expand vertically and buildings farther from CBD expand horizontally
• reasons why counter urbanization can occur

  1)cost of living in city increase

  2)wanting more land, but still connected to the city
• ways government can influence settlement

  implement price ceilings, shift tax policies to increase public services in city, provide more resources and tax breaks for residents
• six main urban heaths

  Peru, Nile valley, Mesopotamia, Indus valley, Huangtle valley, mesoamerica
• how the internet has impacted the spatial layout of urban areas

  allowed people and businesses to leave urban areas in favor of suburbs==>decrease traffic downtown==>more urban sprawl
• how transportation has impacted urban settlement

  faster move of goods, easier connections of people and places, faster services, allow people to live away from urban area, change settlement patterns and increase business locations
• type of diffusion that happens in global cities

  hierarchal diffusion
• characteristics of global/world cities

  high degree of influence on the world, centers of global trade and finance, and culture diverse population with variety goods/services
• characteristics of life in a primate city

  (answers vary) unequal distribution of goods/services, state becomes reliant on primate city's economy
• characteristics of life in a state that follows the rank-size rule

  (answers vary) goods and services dispersed throughout society, more opportunities for citizens outside of largest settlement
• A declining tax base in the central city, infrastructure costs and patterns of poverty and neighborhood decay
• Reclining and blockbusting both contribute to wealth gap between black and white families
• Smart growth policies aim to create sustainable development and conservation by having development in convenient locations and designing it to be more effective and environmentally responsible