According to the peripheral model, an urban area consists of an inner city surrounded by
A) large industrial parks far removed from any residential neighborhoods.
B) small clusters of suburban malls and run-down shanties (shacks).
C) large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road.
D) wealthy residential neighborhoods with no access to the inner city.
E) a beltway of connected roads all leading to small rural areas where the rich live.
Question 2
The process of legally adding land area to a city is called ________. Today, U.S. cities rarely annex peripheral land because the ________ prefer to be ________ of the central city.
A) city expansion; political leaders; independent
B) annexation; residence; legally independent
C) common good; political leaders; a part
D) city expansion; towns; a part
E) annexation; towns; recipients of the services