Exam 15: Urbanization, Population, and the Environment

From 1999 to 2000,16.1 percent of Americans moved,and more than half moved to places within the same county.According to your textbook,why do people go to the trouble of moving,when they basically remain in the same place?

In October of 2011,the world population reached:

Thomas Malthus was one of the original writers to show concern for population growth.Demographers,economists,politicians,sociologists,and others have continued to debate his ideas for more than two hundred years,but many do not share his concern for the natural limits to population growth.Which of the following challenged Malthus's predictions?

Urban growth in less developed countries is high because of higher birth rates in these countries as well as:

The solution to the environmental crises created by population growth,industrialization,and urbanization will require:

Britain was the first country to undergo industrialization,which generated __________,the movement of population from the countryside into towns and cities.

According to David Harvey,the vast expansion of suburban development outside of cities was most significantly influenced by:

China is one of the largest producers of greenhouse gases because it relies on __________ for 70 percent of its energy needs.

Around what time did the first cities emerge?

According to David Harvey and Manuel Castells,the most important factors that affect cities are:

Outline Saskia Sassen's concept of the "global city" and explain the four key traits of these urban centers.What does inequality look like in these global cities?

Why are developing countries experiencing urbanization at such a rapid pace? What social,economic,and environmental challenges do those cities face in dealing with this rapid urbanization?

Although most countries today have crude death rates similar to that of the United States,countries such as Sierra Leone have very a high crude death rate-twenty-two per thousand-due to factors such as:

Malthusianism is the belief that population growth tends to outstrip expansion of food production and that population growth can only be controlled by:

Developed countries that have already undergone the demographic transition are going to experience a growth in the number of older people relative to younger people.This is called the:

Urban ecology emphasizes the __________ of city areas,whereby the specialized groups on which people depend are located in the city centers.

One of the key factors responsible for the global population explosion has been:

Today more than __________ of the American population lives in metropolitan areas.

According the ecological approach,the development of urban areas can be understood as similar to:

When more affluent groups move back into cities and renovate dilapidated buildings and neighborhoods,the process is called: