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Cities and Urban Land Use

By Morgan DiFruscio, Alexis Gillie, and Ashlynne Zeeff

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__**College Board Study Topics**__

1. Origin of cities 2. Rural–urban migration and urban growth 3. Global cities and megacities 4. Suburbanization and edge cities 1. Rank-size rule 2. Central place theory 3. Gravity model 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 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
 * VII. Cities and Urban Land Use . 13–17%**
 * A. Development and character of cities**
 * B. Models of urban systems**
 * C. Models of internal city structure**
 * D. Built environment and social space**

Intro to Cities

Cities are centers designed for people. They provide jobs, homes, and entertainment for populations. Beginning to emerge around 3500 BC, cities have developed from ancient, rural areas with few people, to large, expansive modern areas with a huge number of residents. This change in which cities have gone through is called urbanization. Urbanization has also caused cities to no longer be isolated, and has caused them to interact on a global scale. This section of the wiki will explain the roots of cities and how people make them function.

Author's Note: All information on this section of the wiki comes from the citation listed below unless otherwise stated. De Blij, H.J., Alexander B. Murphy, and Erin H. Fouberg. "Urban Geography." //Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture//. Eighth ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2007. 257-99. Print.

All photo citations are listed in order as they appear on the page. W., David. Pudong. 2009. Photograph. Shanghai. Flickr. Yahoo! Inc. Web. 2012. .