Exam 14: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Today, there are many areas that are located near major highways that contain shopping centers and many restaurants and surround large cities. These areas are often referred to as ______.

An early twenty-first-century study concluded that industrial fishing increased swordfish, tuna, and marlin populations.

More than ______ new cases of cancer per year in the United States can be traced back to obesity.

Define demography. What three processes of population change are basic to the work of demographers and what are the measure for each?

The U.S. government labels a city of 50,000 residents or greater a(n) ______.

According to projections, 30 percent of the world's population will live in urban areas.

During the process of gentrification, who is often forced out of the blighted areas to make way for new housing?

Fantasy cities are developments at the outermost ring surrounding large cities that resemble cities rather than suburbs.

Many global environmental problems are traceable to communistic economic development.

The treadmill of production occurs in capitalist economies and depends on continuous growth in the economy and in production.

The early suburbs were primarily residential bedroom communities for those who worked, shopped, and enjoyed leisure activities in the city.

Last year, the Smith family visited Orlando, Florida, for their summer vacation. Orlando, home to Disney World, places great emphasis on spectacle. It can be classified as a(n) ______ city.

These cities, made possible by new electronic technologies, are key locations for industries and marketplaces, and centers of production and innovation.

When real estate capital is reinvested in inner-city areas to create a new infrastructure for the well-to-do, this is referred to as ______.

Suburban areas continue to push outward to encompass land and housing that is cheaper. These outlying areas are called ______.

In recent years, the central role of cities in consumption has been ______.

Which one of the following best characterizes the world city?

Migrants who are forced to leave their homeland, or leave involuntarily due to fear for safety, are called ______.

The baby boom took place between ______.

Which of these are problems faced by global and world cities?