Cities and Urban Land–Use
What is the main difference between mega cities and meta cities?
Mega cities refer to rural areas while meta cites refer to urban areas.
Meta cites have populations over 10 million while mega cites are smaller but play crucial roles globally.
Mega cities are urban areas with a population over 10 million while meta cities are major players in the global economy.
Mega cities are located in developed countries while meta cities are located in developing countries.
In which urban area would you most likely find informal settlements or shantytowns?
Downtown districts of post-industrial cities
Highly industrialized regions with strict zoning laws
Periphery or less developed countries' cities
Core or highly developed countries' suburban areas
Which method of geographic data representation can most effectively illustrate the population density differences between urban and rural areas?
Proportional symbol map
Dot distribution map
Choropleth map
Isoline map
Fivelandia has a limited population, mixed land use, brown belts, and radial belts. Which of the following classifications makes it different from a typical city of the Garden-City movement?
Brown belts
Radial layout
Limited population
Mixed land use
Which urban land use pattern is most likely to develop in a city where topography influences growth, such that high-income residential areas are found along high ground and low-income areas in less desirable locations?
Concentric Zone Model
Sector Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Urban Realms Model
A city with 10 million or more people is a
megalopolis
activity space
metropolis
agglomeration
Which viewpoint argues that cities should be designed to promote walkability, mixed-use development, and community-oriented design?
Industrial-era planning
New Urbanism
Modernist planning
Suburban sprawl model

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What concept explains why businesses providing personal services like hair salons are evenly distributed throughout a city?
Urban realms model
Central place theory
Bid-rent curve theory
Gravity Model
Meta cities are often centers of ___
Conservative immigration policies
Regression
Innovation and creativity
State governance
Why do coastal cities often have higher populations than inland ones?
They have better weather conditions throughout the year.
They are less likely to experience earthquakes or natural disasters than inland cities..
They offer more trade opportunities due to access to sea routes..
They offer better employment opportunities in fishing industries only..