Exam 11: City Spaces: Urban Structure

Cooperation in residential space in the city between members of different migrant groups often results in distinctive neighbourhoods that have their own social "ecology."

Though the oil industry and petrodollars were initially important in the growth of Dubai,recently the city has

The informal economies of peripheral cities

Until the last quarter of the 20th century,the direction of invasion and succession was

The Beaux Arts style of urban design

An isotropic surface has the same topography everywhere.

The traditional Islamic city typically contains a monastery.

Match the characteristics to the region in which they are most likely to be found. -CBDs,concentric zones,zones of transition,and the fiscal squeeze

Match the characteristics to the region in which they are most likely to be found. -large informal sectors and high underemployment

Discrimination is the combined result of congregation and segregation.

________ is a characteristic of the cycle of poverty.

There may be an association between congregation and discrimination.

As one travels outward from the center in a concentric zone model of the city,accessibility,utility and bid-rents decrease.

Internal,external and outermost edge cities,traditional downtown and newer business centers,and specialized subcenters are

Increasingly,city authorities in the periphery are viewing informal housing (e.g.,squatter settlements)with

On maps like the Toronto TTC map,the region where most of the subway lines intersect is most probably the

Segregation can occur through congregation,discrimination,or both.

-The capital of country #11 is

According to the text,fiscal squeeze,infrastructural decay,poverty,and mortgage foreclosures are all problems faced by ________ cities.

-Which pair of countries share a border?