Exam 16: Population and Urbanization

Allyson recently got a new job in her field by relocating from the city's centre to an urban area 30 kilometres out,where she has cheaper rent and all the social amenities such as shopping,fitness,recreation,and entertainment centres.Which term best describes this area?

Baquir took on a research project studying subway use by teenagers.In addition to interviews and surveys,he rode the subway every day for at least three hours in order to observe activities informally.Which term best describes what kind of researcher Baquir was?

What does Gemeinschaft mean?

What is the demographer's concept of replacement level?

In class,Kendra asserted that the city where she had grown up had no downtown.When a classmate asked what kind of city had no downtown,what would Kendra answer?

During the last decade of the twentieth century,migrants from other provinces flocked to Calgary and Vancouver,but few were attracted to Toronto.

Daniella was helping her 10-year old son with his homework assignment-"create a model of your city." They started with the business centre in the middle,and then proceeded to add a light manufacturing district,heavy manufacturing district,the university campus and research complex,the shopping district and neighbourhoods around each area.According to the text,what model of urban environment did they create?

What does the concept of urban-growth machine refer to?

According to Louis Wirth,the city creates a distinct way of life that is socially destructive.

Ferdinand Tönnies wrote that Gemeinschaft denotes a lifestyle based on money,individualism,and class antagonism.

Austin was showing Safat the crime mapping tool that the city police force had posted on its website.As they were exploring the data,Safat remarked "This documenting of deviant behaviours reminds me of the work by Robert E.Park." What was Safat referencing?

Katrina bought a small,old house in an old,rundown neighbourhood in the downtown core because it was all she could afford.Katrina slowly fixed up her home,just like others were doing around her.Ten years later,the neighbourhood had transformed and she found herself living in a trendy area of the city.What would the text call this change in her neighbourhood?

What is overurbanization?

According to the population projections of Statistics Canada,by 2031 over half of Canada's population will likely be a member of a visible minority group.

What name is given to the three-stage historical process of population growth?

According to Burgess's model,where do second-generation immigrants typically reside?

The city of Mumbai,India has 16,000 to 20,000 condemned buildings,and every year during monsoon season several of these buildings collapse,killing hundreds of homeless squatters.Which term best describes this city's condition?

Toronto,Vancouver,and Calgary all have rapidly growing populations,and all for the same reasons.

What were the important elements in the development of preindustrial cities?

A man in a wheelchair is sitting on a subway platform when he is swarmed by a group of teenagers,who mug him as a dozen people stand by and do nothing to help.What kind of modern lifestyle characterizes communities where citizens are detached from each other to such an extent that "everyone wants to mind their own business"?