Exam 21: Population, Urbanization and the Environment

In Burgess and Park's concentric-zone model, a zone in transition is an area that is:

The growth the human population has had very little effect on the environment.

Which of the following states that urban expansion occurs through a series of "invasions"?

A situation in which a network of friends and relatives transfer from the village to the city over a period of time is:

Ernest Burgess and Robert Park's concentric-zone model of urban development was based on studies of:

The most basic measures of population change are called:

Most of the major urbanization in the world too place prior to 1800.

Which ethnic group has consistently shown an increase in the number of residents in small communities throughout the United States?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a metropolitan area?

Describe the urban communities of today. Apply Herbert Gans' definitions of residents to this discussion.

Those individuals who believe that the rapid population growth will lead to increasing social and environmental disasters are called:

The strip development model is most useful in illustrating the growth of satellite cities prior to World War II.

The increase in the number of private communities is an indication of:

Rural-urban migration is a significant factor in the changing landscape of the United States. Discuss how global social change has changed the United States and the factors that have been a part of that change.

The diffusion of personal responsibility that often occurs in the city in the presence of many other people is referred to as:

Discuss the criticisms of the "decline-of-community"thesis.

Explain the history of racial conflict in U.S. cities and outline the ways that whites have attempted to deal with an influx of racial and ethnic minorities.

Describe the "urban revolution."

Which of the following elements is required for the demographic transition to occur?

Urbanization in Western nations contributed to the lower birthrate that is characteristic of the third stage of the demographic transition.