which of the problems can be explained by the the type of building renovations shown in before and after images?

Higher rents causing displacement of existing residents

Which of the following best explains the city planning trends shown in the data table?

Social development efforts have been made to improve quality of life

Which of the following best explains the goals of light-rail projects?

Reduce the ecological footprint of cities

Larger settlements are

less numerous and farther apart

Global cities are identified and ranked by a combination of

economic, political, cultural, and infrastructure factors

All of the following were crucial to the emergence of the first cities EXCEPT

separation of the ruling system and the religious system

Primate cities are found in the world's

both core and peripheral countries

Which type of quantitative data will be most helpful to a geographer analyzing expansion of the urbanized area?

A census tract map of each city

Attracting a new basic industry is important to the community primarily because it

stimulates new nonbasic industries

Shanty towns and squatter settlements are growing unintended periphery of mega cities due to

lack of affordable housing and poverty

Which of the following explains what the concentric zone model & bid-rent curve reveal about patterns of urban areas?

Together they show how land prices rise exponentially closer to the CBD

Which of the following was a consequence of blockbusting in North American cities?

The ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed

According to the gravity model, the potential use of a service at a location is related

directly to the population and inversely to distance

What aspect of design of Brasília, Canberra, and Washington, D.C., was different from the design of most urban centers?

They were designed to reflect the power/ wealth of the respective countries

Suburb--which is false?

Disconnected and independent from the urban center

According to the central place theory

Large cities serve as economic hubs

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1
which of the problems can be explained by the the type of building renovations shown in before and after images?
More parking leading to decreased public transportation use
Disuse changing areas into zones of abandonment
Higher rents causing displacement of existing residents
Unfair real estate practices resulting in housing / insurancediscrimination
2
The very first region of independent urbanism was
Europe's industrial core
Pearl River Delta
Baltic area
Middle East
3
The fall of the Roman Empire in 5th century AD brought about which change in urban settlements
rapid urbanization
revival of urban life
development of city-states
reduction in urban population
4
Predicts the size of a city's population relative to the next largest city
Bid-rent curve
Rank-size rule
Primate city
Megacity peripheral
5
Which of the following best explains the city planning trends shown in the data table?
Transit-oriented development efforts have been made to decrease traffic
Social development efforts have been made to improve quality of life
Business efforts have been made to increase the prices charged 4 land
Mixed-use development efforts have been made to increase the integration
6
A land use typically excluded from the North American CBD is
industrial
government
office
retail
7
Which of the following best explains the goals of light-rail projects?
Protect wetlands from water pollution caused by industrial waste discharge
Reduce the ecological footprint of cities
Redevelop urban brownfields and promote farmland protection policies
Reduce highway accident numbers due to unsafe driving
8
Factories have moved to suburban locations in part because of
adequate space to build vertically
access to cheap labor
good rail connections
access to main highways
9
The CBD attracts offices primarily because of its
high land costs
construction of skyskrapers
more extensive land use
high accessibility
10
Which of these letters best corresponds with the spine of the Latin America city model?
E
F
C
D
11
Larger settlements are
more numerous and evenly dispersed
less numerous and closer together
less numerous and farther apart
more numerous and farther apart
12
Global cities are identified and ranked by a combination of
economic, political, cultural, and infrastructure factors
hinterland models
central place theory and gravity models
economic, service, industrial, and infrastructure factors
13
All of the following were crucial to the emergence of the first cities EXCEPT
a system for food storage and distribution
an agricultural surplus
a stratified social system
separation of the ruling system and the religious system
14
Smart growth attempts to solve the problem of
cycle of poverty
urban sprawl
gentrification
greenbelts
15
A city plus its surrounding built-up suburbs is the
metropolitan statistical area
CBD
urban area
consolidated metropolitan statistical area
16
Primate cities are found in the world's
peripheral countries
core countries
both core and peripheral countries
none, I am the primate city
17
Which type of quantitative data will be most helpful to a geographer analyzing expansion of the urbanized area?
Photo descriptions of the locations of brownfields within an urban area
A survey of landowners vs renters in the urban area
A census tract map of each city
Videos of interviews of different residents of socioeconomic levels
18
What becomes more of a factor in this model?
CBD
Office Parks
Highways/transportation
Industrial suburbs
19
Attracting a new basic industry is important to the community primarily because it
changes the nation's rank-size distribution of settlements
disrupts the central place hierarchy
stimulates new nonbasic industries
changes the community's functional classification
20
Which of the following does NOT relate
Burgess
Von Thunen
Concentric Zone
Harris
21
Which types of cities resulted from fast suburban growth, the expansion of retail areas, office developments, business
Megalopolis
Manufacturing zones
Edge cities
Financial districts
22
Because so few people live in the CBD, urban areas are characterized by a high degree of
blockbusting
threshold
skyscrapers
commuting
23
Most people, AS OF 2008, live in which type of settlement
rural
urban
dispersed rural
suburban
24
Shanty towns and squatter settlements are growing unintended periphery of mega cities due to
environmental conditions leading to lack of materials
lack of affordable housing and poverty
lack of engineers to build homes
misleading advertisement
25
Which of the following explains what the concentric zone model & bid-rent curve reveal about patterns of urban areas?
Together they show how land prices rise exponentially closer to the CBD
Together they show how rents for apartments drop closer to CBD
Together they show how housing prices rise exponentially in rural areas.
Together they show how rents for agricultural land rise farther from cities
26
Which of the following was a consequence of blockbusting in North American cities?
European immigrants moved into housing vacated by upwardly mobile Americans
Poor residents were unable to acquire mortgages.
The ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed
Real estate agents lost sellers.
27
A firm that sells its products primarily to consumers outside its settlement is a
nonbasic industry
economic foundation
basic industry
consumer service
28
According to the gravity model, the potential use of a service at a location is related
inversely to both population and distance
directly to distance and inversely to population
directly to both population and distance
directly to the population and inversely to distance
29
Redlining is, most specifically, a form of
ethnic succession
housing discrimination
gentrification
gender poverty
30
What aspect of design of Brasília, Canberra, and Washington, D.C., was different from the design of most urban centers?
They were designed to reflect the power/ wealth of the respective countries
They were planned around a major river to allow ease of movement
Design was based on transportat systems to allow for movement of materials
They were positioned near the center of the country to help protect them
31
Suburb--which is false?
Outside city center
Disconnected and independent from the urban center
Spurred on by the automobile
Usually residentially focused
32
According to the central place theory
Most people live in mid-sized cities
Large cities serve as economic hubs
There are more large cities than small
Regions are impossible to define

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