Question 1

The text observes that the central areas of many older, industrial cities were undesirable in several respects. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Accepted Answer

A)  The housing was old and lacked the modern conveniences that the middle class had come to expect in a suburban home. 
B)  Real estate was generally too expensive. 
C)  Pollution from industry and high density made central-city locations undesirable in some cities. 
D)  In many cities, the only available land was in the fringe. 
A)  The housing was old and lacked the modern conveniences that the middle class had come to expect in a suburban home. 
B)  Real estate was generally too expensive. 
C)  Pollution from industry and high density made central-city locations undesirable in some cities. 
D)  In many cities, the only available land was in the fringe.

Question 2

M.P. Baumgartner's analysis of middle-class suburbs revealed that residents had shallow, single-stranded relationships with others and, as a result, they used avoidance as their major strategy for dealing with the petty day-to-day problems of life. Baumgartner referred to this phenomenon as

Accepted Answer

A)  boomburb syndrome. 
B)  moral minimalism. 
C)  urban alienation. 
D)  suburban depression. 
A)  boomburb syndrome. 
B)  moral minimalism. 
C)  urban alienation. 
D)  suburban depression.

Question 3

In the 1970s and 1980s, downtowns in most metropolitan areas became ghost towns at night.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The text observes that the central areas of many older, industrial cities were undesirable in several respects. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

M.P. Baumgartner's analysis of middle-class suburbs revealed that residents had shallow, single-stranded relationships with others and, as a result, they used avoidance as their major strategy for dealing with the petty day-to-day problems of life. Baumgartner referred to this phenomenon as

In the 1970s and 1980s, downtowns in most metropolitan areas became ghost towns at night.

Why Study the City

Globalization and Urbanization in the More-Developed World

Globalization and Urbanization in the Less-Developed World

The City in Everyday Life

Community in the Modern World

The Community in the Postmodern Era

Reading the City

Choosing a Place to Live

A Home-Buying Primer: When Theory Meets the Road

The Segregation and Location of Groups in Cities

Urban Problems in the Global Era

Urban Planning in the Twenty-First Century

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Exam 10: The Suburbanization Process

The text observes that the central areas of many older, industrial cities were undesirable in several respects. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

M.P. Baumgartner's analysis of middle-class suburbs revealed that residents had shallow, single-stranded relationships with others and, as a result, they used avoidance as their major strategy for dealing with the petty day-to-day problems of life. Baumgartner referred to this phenomenon as

In the 1970s and 1980s, downtowns in most metropolitan areas became ghost towns at night.

Why Study the City

Globalization and Urbanization in the More-Developed World

Globalization and Urbanization in the Less-Developed World

The City in Everyday Life

Community in the Modern World

The Community in the Postmodern Era

Reading the City

Choosing a Place to Live

A Home-Buying Primer: When Theory Meets the Road

The Segregation and Location of Groups in Cities

Urban Problems in the Global Era

Urban Planning in the Twenty-First Century

Filters