Unit focus
Unit 7 Enduring understandings - what you need to know & understand
- The form, function, and size of urban settlements are constantly changing.
- Models help to understand the distribution and size of cities.
- Models of internal city structure and urban development provide a framework for urban analysis.
- Built landscapes and social space reflect the attitudes and values of a population.
- Urban areas face economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental challenges.
Unit Concepts: Cities and Urban Land Use
The focus will be models of cities in different parts of the world; issues facing cities today in different regions: rural-to-urban migration, suburbanization, counterurbanization, gentrification, residential segregation, sustainability, sprawl, green belts.
The focus will be models of cities in different parts of the world; issues facing cities today in different regions: rural-to-urban migration, suburbanization, counterurbanization, gentrification, residential segregation, sustainability, sprawl, green belts.
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A. Development and character of cities
1. Origin of cities 2. Rural–urban migration and urban growth 3. Global cities and megacities 4. Suburbanization and edge cities |
B. Models of urban systems
1. Rank-size rule 2. Central place theory 3. Gravity model |
C. Models of internal city structure
1. Concentric zone model 2. Sector model 3. Multiple-nuclei model 4. Changing employment mix 5. Changing demographic and social structures 6. Uneven development, ghettoization, and gentrification |
D. Built environment and social space
1. Housing 2. Transportation and infrastructure 3. Political organization of urban areas 4. Urban planning and design 5. Patterns of race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status |
Targeted Learning Activities
Key Learning Activities
Map Singapore, indicating functional use, and Singapore's resemblance to any of the models mentioned above. Does Singapore experience ethnic neighborhoods? If so, where, and if not, why not?
Assessment Strategies
Unit test including MCQ and FRQ
Key Learning Activities
Map Singapore, indicating functional use, and Singapore's resemblance to any of the models mentioned above. Does Singapore experience ethnic neighborhoods? If so, where, and if not, why not?
Assessment Strategies
Unit test including MCQ and FRQ
Resources for study & preparation
APHG TextBOOK resources
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Fouberg (9th)
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Rubenstein (10th)
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Wood (2nd)
Unit 7 Cities and Urban Land Use (Pages 194 to 226) |