Question 1

Klinenberg calls his attempt to identify the underlying conditions that produced such high mortality in the Chicago heat wave a…

Accepted Answer

A) social autopsy. 
B) social capital audit. 
C) natural disaster study. 
D) place-based symbolic interactionist study. 
A) social autopsy. 
B) social capital audit. 
C) natural disaster study. 
D) place-based symbolic interactionist study. A

Question 2

In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam argues that over that last 50 years…

Accepted Answer

A) fewer people have joined bowling leagues. 
B) there has been an increase in every kind of activity that involves personal contact. 
C) there has been a decrease in every kind of activity that involves personal contact. 
D) that increased use of technology has enhanced people's ability to stay in personal contact. 
A) fewer people have joined bowling leagues. 
B) there has been an increase in every kind of activity that involves personal contact. 
C) there has been a decrease in every kind of activity that involves personal contact. 
D) that increased use of technology has enhanced people's ability to stay in personal contact. C

Question 3

In discussing "resilient" cities, Vale and Campanella discuss a variety of "value-laden questions about equity." Explain two of these questions.

Accepted Answer

These questions are listed on page 471.

Question 4

Environmental injustice and environmental racism essentially mean the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Define environmental injustice and list two of the underlying factors that make it possible.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Define environmental injustice and list two of...

Question 6

The 1995 Chicago heat wave killed 700 people more than was typical during a week in July.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In the Paris heat wave, an underlying factor that contributed to the high death rate of the elderly was the…

Accepted Answer

A) failure of officials to realize just how hot the heat wave was going to be. 
B) nature of city life as experienced by the elderly. 
C) socialist government of France. 
D) unanticipated effect of global warming in exacerbating the situation. 
A) failure of officials to realize just how hot the heat wave was going to be. 
B) nature of city life as experienced by the elderly. 
C) socialist government of France. 
D) unanticipated effect of global warming in exacerbating the situation.

Question 8

The people most affected by flooding when Katrina hit New Orleans were predominantly…

Accepted Answer

A) the poor, the weak, the sick, the old, and the very young. 
B) the tourists and the rich. 
C) those who failed to exercise common sense and leave the city when warned to do so. 
D) those who ignored the warnings about the storm. 
A) the poor, the weak, the sick, the old, and the very young. 
B) the tourists and the rich. 
C) those who failed to exercise common sense and leave the city when warned to do so. 
D) those who ignored the warnings about the storm.

Question 9

Robert Putnam believes that social capital can be developed easily through interactions on the Internet and through the creation of virtual communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How did North Lawndale and Little Village, the neighborhoods that Klinenberg compared, differ from each other in ways that were consequential for deaths during the heat wave?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How did North Lawndale and Little Village,...

Question 11

Klinenberg notes that although isolation has been a major topic in sociology, most sociologists have been interested in it conceptually and have focused on relationships among communities.However, he focuses on…

Accepted Answer

A) the role of social capital in explaining isolation as a powerful metaphor. 
B) the real isolation and lack of connection among individuals within communities. 
C) how a "culture of fear" actually tends to counteract isolation and draw people more closely together. 
D) how Gans in Urban Villagers showed that people are not really isolated. 
A) the role of social capital in explaining isolation as a powerful metaphor. 
B) the real isolation and lack of connection among individuals within communities. 
C) how a "culture of fear" actually tends to counteract isolation and draw people more closely together. 
D) how Gans in Urban Villagers showed that people are not really isolated.

Question 12

Wellman and Hampton's study of "Netville," revealed that emerging electronic technology…

Accepted Answer

A) could open up new opportunities for family and social relationships. 
B) pushed people further apart. 
C) could not be afforded by the people in the community. 
D) drastically reduced social capital. 
A) could open up new opportunities for family and social relationships. 
B) pushed people further apart. 
C) could not be afforded by the people in the community. 
D) drastically reduced social capital.

Question 13

Nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina…

Accepted Answer

A) the city has largely been rebuilt proving the optimists right. 
B) little has been done to alleviate the problems of the low areas that were devastated and of the people who lived there. 
C) efforts are well under way to return the city to its former prominence and to incorporate those residents who fled back into the city. 
D) the vast majority of those who fled have returned to rebuilt homes. 
A) the city has largely been rebuilt proving the optimists right. 
B) little has been done to alleviate the problems of the low areas that were devastated and of the people who lived there. 
C) efforts are well under way to return the city to its former prominence and to incorporate those residents who fled back into the city. 
D) the vast majority of those who fled have returned to rebuilt homes.

Question 14

In trying to understand the causes of declining social capital, Putnam blames financial pressures on people, suburbanization, and…

Accepted Answer

A) the declining availability of bowling alleys. 
B) electronic home entertainment, especially television watching. 
C) increased population growth. 
D) a process that has been rising over the past 50 years. 
A) the declining availability of bowling alleys. 
B) electronic home entertainment, especially television watching. 
C) increased population growth. 
D) a process that has been rising over the past 50 years.

Question 15

Hutter suggests that the rebuilding effort in New Orleans must go beyond rebuilding the built environment to also rebuild…

Accepted Answer

A) the lives of the people caught up in the disaster. 
B) the credibility of all three levels of government: local, state, and federal. 
C) Bourbon Street and the tourist infrastructure of the city. 
D) the city as a growth machine. 
A) the lives of the people caught up in the disaster. 
B) the credibility of all three levels of government: local, state, and federal. 
C) Bourbon Street and the tourist infrastructure of the city. 
D) the city as a growth machine.

Question 16

Weitz suggests that the disproportionate burden of environmental pollution that falls on disadvantaged groups can be encapsulated by the concept of…

Accepted Answer

A) social capital. 
B) ecological preservation. 
C) environmental injustice. 
D) environmental ecologism. 
A) social capital. 
B) ecological preservation. 
C) environmental injustice. 
D) environmental ecologism.

Question 17

Research in Philadelphia on the relationships between feelings of community connectedness and neighborliness and physical and mental well-being support Putnam's argument that…

Accepted Answer

A) social connectedness is a key determinant of well-being. 
B) Philadelphia would not be a fair test of his theory because it is too old a city. 
C) physically and mentally healthy people will be led to search out social capital. 
D) social connectedness is not important for individual health. 
A) social connectedness is a key determinant of well-being. 
B) Philadelphia would not be a fair test of his theory because it is too old a city. 
C) physically and mentally healthy people will be led to search out social capital. 
D) social connectedness is not important for individual health.

Question 18

Disasters such as the Chicago heat wave of 1995 and Hurricane Katrina are solely due to natural conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Wellman's research on community networks led to a broader definition of community that conceived of networks not defined solely by…

Accepted Answer

A) gender relations. 
B) geography. 
C) Internet usage. 
D) virtual communities. 
A) gender relations. 
B) geography. 
C) Internet usage. 
D) virtual communities.

Question 20

The transformation of public spaces into privatized consumption spaces and the attempts to provide a package of shopping, dining, and entertainment within a themed and controlled environment has been referred to as the _________ of urban space.

Accepted Answer

A) deindustrialization 
B) homogenization 
C) culturification 
D) Disneyfication 
A) deindustrialization 
B) homogenization 
C) culturification 
D) Disneyfication

Klinenberg calls his attempt to identify the underlying conditions that produced such high mortality in the Chicago heat wave a…

In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam argues that over that last 50 years…

In discussing "resilient" cities, Vale and Campanella discuss a variety of "value-laden questions about equity." Explain two of these questions.

Environmental injustice and environmental racism essentially mean the same thing.

Define environmental injustice and list two of the underlying factors that make it possible.

The 1995 Chicago heat wave killed 700 people more than was typical during a week in July.

In the Paris heat wave, an underlying factor that contributed to the high death rate of the elderly was the…

The people most affected by flooding when Katrina hit New Orleans were predominantly…

Robert Putnam believes that social capital can be developed easily through interactions on the Internet and through the creation of virtual communities.

How did North Lawndale and Little Village, the neighborhoods that Klinenberg compared, differ from each other in ways that were consequential for deaths during the heat wave?

Klinenberg notes that although isolation has been a major topic in sociology, most sociologists have been interested in it conceptually and have focused on relationships among communities.However, he focuses on…

Wellman and Hampton's study of "Netville," revealed that emerging electronic technology…

Nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina…

In trying to understand the causes of declining social capital, Putnam blames financial pressures on people, suburbanization, and…

Hutter suggests that the rebuilding effort in New Orleans must go beyond rebuilding the built environment to also rebuild…

Weitz suggests that the disproportionate burden of environmental pollution that falls on disadvantaged groups can be encapsulated by the concept of…

Research in Philadelphia on the relationships between feelings of community connectedness and neighborliness and physical and mental well-being support Putnam's argument that…

Disasters such as the Chicago heat wave of 1995 and Hurricane Katrina are solely due to natural conditions.

Wellman's research on community networks led to a broader definition of community that conceived of networks not defined solely by…

The transformation of public spaces into privatized consumption spaces and the attempts to provide a package of shopping, dining, and entertainment within a themed and controlled environment has been referred to as the _________ of urban space.

Introduction to Experiencing Cities

The Emergence of Cities

The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Urban Sociology

Chicago School: Urbanism and Urban Ecology

Urban Planning

Urban Political Economy, the New Urban Sociology, and the Power of Place

City Imagery

The Skyscraper As Icon

Experiencing Strangers and the Quest for Public Order

Seeing Disorder and the Ecology of Fear

Urban Communities and Social Policies

Families, Gender, and Singles in the City

The Consumer City: Shopping and Sports

American and Global Suburbanization Patterns

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Exam 15: Social Capital and the Resilience of Cities

Klinenberg calls his attempt to identify the underlying conditions that produced such high mortality in the Chicago heat wave a…

In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam argues that over that last 50 years…

In discussing "resilient" cities, Vale and Campanella discuss a variety of "value-laden questions about equity." Explain two of these questions.

Environmental injustice and environmental racism essentially mean the same thing.

Define environmental injustice and list two of the underlying factors that make it possible.

The 1995 Chicago heat wave killed 700 people more than was typical during a week in July.

In the Paris heat wave, an underlying factor that contributed to the high death rate of the elderly was the…

The people most affected by flooding when Katrina hit New Orleans were predominantly…

Robert Putnam believes that social capital can be developed easily through interactions on the Internet and through the creation of virtual communities.

How did North Lawndale and Little Village, the neighborhoods that Klinenberg compared, differ from each other in ways that were consequential for deaths during the heat wave?

Klinenberg notes that although isolation has been a major topic in sociology, most sociologists have been interested in it conceptually and have focused on relationships among communities.However, he focuses on…

Wellman and Hampton's study of "Netville," revealed that emerging electronic technology…

Nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina…

In trying to understand the causes of declining social capital, Putnam blames financial pressures on people, suburbanization, and…

Hutter suggests that the rebuilding effort in New Orleans must go beyond rebuilding the built environment to also rebuild…

Weitz suggests that the disproportionate burden of environmental pollution that falls on disadvantaged groups can be encapsulated by the concept of…

Research in Philadelphia on the relationships between feelings of community connectedness and neighborliness and physical and mental well-being support Putnam's argument that…

Disasters such as the Chicago heat wave of 1995 and Hurricane Katrina are solely due to natural conditions.

Wellman's research on community networks led to a broader definition of community that conceived of networks not defined solely by…

The transformation of public spaces into privatized consumption spaces and the attempts to provide a package of shopping, dining, and entertainment within a themed and controlled environment has been referred to as the _________ of urban space.

Introduction to Experiencing Cities

The Emergence of Cities

The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Urban Sociology

Chicago School: Urbanism and Urban Ecology

Urban Planning

Urban Political Economy, the New Urban Sociology, and the Power of Place

City Imagery

The Skyscraper As Icon

Experiencing Strangers and the Quest for Public Order

Seeing Disorder and the Ecology of Fear

Urban Communities and Social Policies

Families, Gender, and Singles in the City

The Consumer City: Shopping and Sports

American and Global Suburbanization Patterns

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