Comparing Land Use Models-The FRQ Questions (Unit 7)

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Comparing Land Use Models-The FRQ Questions (Unit 7)

Using all instructional materials and Rubenstein Chapter 13 as a supplemental resource, complete the following FRQ debriefing questions within your group setting and individually. This will assist you in presenting your FRQ Response/Urban Model beginning on Thursday, May 10.

1. For a developed country…What model(s) of urban structure does your city resemble (sector, concentric zone, multiple nuclei, peripheral, urban realm or White’s 21st century, European)?

1. For a lesser-developed country…What model(s) of urban structure does your city resemble (Sub-Saharan African, Latin American, Asian, or Middle Eastern/Islamic)?

1. How have you applied the principle of bid-rent to your urban model and specifically, your CBD? How does your land use within the CBD (intensive and vertical-skyscrapers) and the surrounding urban area (extensive and horizontal) differ?

1. What types of services are found in the CBD? Ratio of each type (Why do these services want a centralized location?)

1. What modern-day, existing city does your urban design most closely resemble?

1. Provide modern day examples of each of the aforementioned types of urban models.

1. What problems are associated with each of the North American models?

1. How do the North American models compare to the Latin American city model?

1. Explain why the Latin American city model is structured as it is.

1. How does the distribution of social classes in more developed countries differ from the distribution of social classes in less developed countries? How would you classify your country (provide evidence according to social classes according to location and size)

1. Is your city prepared for a suburban sprawl?

1. Is your city an example of a peripheral model/galactic model? Urban realm model? White’s 21st century model?

• How do the models mentioned above tie together inner cities and suburban residential areas?

1. What are edge cities? Why have edge cities evolved in metro areas? How is this concept related to the multiple nuclei model?

1. What is the likelihood that your urban model will later become a metropolis or even perhaps, part of a megalopolis?

1. What are some issues that suburbanites, like yourselves, have with living in the suburbs?

1. How does the density gradient in urban areas compare to that of suburban areas?

1. In your opinion, what is the eventual long-term outcome of suburban sprawl?

1. If your city has suburban sprawl occur, what types of services have moved from the city to the suburbs? Why did this relocation occur? How has suburbanization of people and business affected traffic in the cities?

1. Describe the epoch of urban transportation most likely found within your urban setting.

1. In regards to stages of urban development, what stage of urban development would you associate with your urban design?

1. What factors would have to occur that would allow your stage of urban development to change and would in-turn change the urban model associated with your city?

1. Describe the physical issues of inner cities. What causes these problems? What physical problems do you identify for your cities?

1. Describe the social issues of inner cities. What causes these problems? Explain how residences get “trapped” in a culture of poverty.

1. How will your city stay economically relevant (diversification)? Do you anticipate losing a resource or industry?

1. How can a city cope with the gap between low tax revenues and the high need for services?

1. How have metropolitan areas dealt with the issue of local government fragmentation? (creating towns)

You are encouraged to complete all of the above questions in preparation for the presentation of your STATE’s urban design. You may use the above items to assist you in your presentation. You will also be presenting certain aspects of your urban design. Make sure you have reviewed your FRQ design sheet and the associated concepts that you will be required to present.

Here are the associated concepts…

Basic vs. non-basic

Multiplier effect

Cumulative causation

Range

Threshold

Economic system visible in your urban model

Pattern of roads (grid or dendritic)

Higher order vs. lower order

Influence of technology within urban setting

Potential growth into edge cities or suburbs

CBD characteristics

Similarity to existing cities in the real world

Application of bid-rent theory

Terms associated with presentation

Central Business District

Squatter Settlements

Filtering

Redlining

Urban renewal

Public housing

Gentrification

Underclass

Annexation

Central city

Urban area

Metropolitan Statistical Area

Megalopolis

Peripheral Model

Edge Cities

Suburban Sprawl

Greenbelts