GEOG 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Renews-Cappahayden, Extreme Poverty, Environmental Quality
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Most urban land use is designed to maximize the utility of a specific location (function of accessibility) Bid rent: the price people are willing to pay for this accessibility. Maximum accessibility is located at the city center (isotropic plane) decreases as move away. Us & rest of world differ in residential locations. In us cities the city center has traditionally been the hub of shops, government, business offices: known as cbd or central business district. Developed as the nodal point of transit routes (bus stations, rail lines, & hotels) Surrounded by zone of transition of mixed uses. Then zone of workers homes fueled by invasion & succession. 8 of 10 americans live in urban areas. About 48% of americans live in consolidated metropolitan areas (bottom map) From 1800 2006 % u. s. pop in urban areas 5 79% Rural to large central cities central cities to suburbs. North & east to south & west rustbelt-sunbelt.
