Exam 7: The Context of Cities

When city residents fight to protect the character of their neighborhood, including preserving older buildings, limiting traffic flow, and maintaining parks and other open spaces, they are making a case for

The "new urban sociology"

The world-system perspective

The fact that many industries absorbed their competitors and formed oligopolies

Harvey argues that actions taken by real estate investors can lead to urban decay and abandonment.

According to the "new urbanists,"

Apply the goals of the U.S. economic system to the following statements and determine which describes economic restructuring.

John Logan and Harvey Molotch employed political economy theory in an effort to identify who the central decision-makers in North American cities are and to determine why they do what they do.

Core cities in the United Nations Development Program include Calcutta, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City, and Cairo.

Urban theoretical models, in general, put emphasis on the fragmented nature of urban growth, development, and life.

Which of the following best describes David Harvey's research?

Because the government owns most of the urban land and uses it for fire, police, government buildings, parks, and roads, as well as holds zoning and tax violation rights over the rest, the government applies over urban land.

By the end of the 1940s, most social scientists agreed the traditional economic model accounted for many important changes in cities.

Which of the following areas contains the highest concentrations of poverty?

Poverty results in the serious problem of homelessness in more developed countries.

According to Logan and Molotch, urban growth coalitions

Scott argues that individual competition over territory determines urban growth patterns.

Henri Lefebvre was interested in how political capital influences behavior and set out to form a new approach to the study of the city.

Governments focus on social space while businesses focus on abstract space.

Michael Sorkin and Mark Gottdiener point out that private themed environments are benign imitations.