Cities and Urban Land–Use

It may lead to the development of ethnic enclaves and cultural districts.

It exclusively increases the need for industrial zones in urban peripheries.

It would have no significant impact on land use or zoning regulations.

It could decrease the city's population density uniformly across all areas.

Johannesburg

Buenos Aires

Mumbai

New York City

Multiple nuclei model

Concentric zone model

Sector model

Latin American city model

Conurbanations

Towns

Cities

Hamlets

Rapid increase in property prices.

Decrease in population density.

Improvement in public transportation.

Reduction in crime rates.

The location of major sporting facilities like stadiums or arenas.

The distribution of natural resources within the city limits.

The presence of government buildings and embassies in designated zones.

The prevalence of commercial farming practices in urban settings.

roads, pavements

nodes, linkages

networks, linkages

networks, nodes

Availability of rural jobs

High agricultural productivity

Decrease in population density

Attraction of foreign direct investment

The local scale details how individuals engage with corporate entities but misses broader economic impacts.

The global scale reveals how corporations operate over multiple countries, impacting local markets everywhere they are present.

The national scale shows policy impacts but doesn't account for multinational operational strategies.

An Urban-scale perspective emphasizes singular metropolitan areas rather than widespread economic shifts due to corporate influence

Space-time compression could strengthen the relationship by enabling faster and more efficient flows of goods, people, and information between cores and their hinterlands.

Space-time compression leads to decreased dependence on local resources as ties to international sources are easier to maintain.

Geographic proximity becomes irrelevant as barriers of physical distance are reduced through innovations like the internet.

Distance decay implying increased interaction as space shrinks due to technological advances.