Exam 16: Population and Urbanization

In recent years,what area of the world has seen cities with populations between 100,000 and 500,000 experience remarkable growth?

Geographer Homer Hoyt is credited with developing the concentric-zone model of urban development.

Define and provide examples of industrial cities,corporate cities,suburbs,postmodern cities,edge cities,and dual cities.

According to Ferdinand Tönnies,what is Gesellschaft?

Brian refused to donate money to the Somali famine relief fund.When asked why he was so miserly,his response was that famines and pestilence were nature's way of controlling population growth because people wouldn't take responsibility for the number of children they were producing.Whose perspective does Brian's point of view reflect?

At a dinner party,newlyweds Jasmine and Tyrone were asked how many children they were planning on having.Jasmine laughingly asserted,"We're aiming for the replacement level." What was the number Jasmine meant?

What do demographers call population inflows from other countries?

Don Mills,on the northern fringe of Toronto,was Canada's first mass suburb.

Examine whether a relationship exists between people's social class and the type of city or neighbourhood where they reside.

Jason works as a stock market fund manager in the city centre;he walks to work from his downtown condominium.Brad operates a hotdog stand near Jason's office building;he takes the subway to get to work.Which term best describes this modern urban juxtaposition?

What prompted the concentration of economic power in Toronto and Montreal?

What effect have international trade agreements had on North American resource towns and farming communities?

What recent phenomenon allows middle-class homeowners to have physical security and freedom from exposure to the social problems of the inner city?

When Bob,a researcher in the demography department,was asked to describe his life's work he replied,"I am an anthropologist studying the customs,beliefs,and practices of urban residents." According to the text,whose perspective had Bob adopted?

A couple of downtown apartment dwellers locate a rundown Victorian house not far from their apartment,and during a downturn in real-estate prices they purchase the home,gut the inside,and renovate it completely.Soon,the whole city block around them is being refurbished.What kind of urban development is this?

Identify and describe the two types of ethnic communities indicated by Logan,Alba,and Zhang.

In the view of Louis Wirth,the city creates a distinct way of life-urbanism.While this form of social organization may be economically efficient,it also has socially destructive outcomes.What negative consequences does urbanism have?

One feature of the fortress city phenomenon is that inner-city prisons are architecturally designed to look like hotels,thus disguising their real purpose.

Claus visited a city last week where people did not live where they worked or where they shopped.Each area of the city had a different function.What model of urban growth was this city based on?

From antiquity to the eighteenth century,which characteristics of cities remained very similar?