Deck 17: Toward the Urban Future

Question 1

The quotation, "We will ever strive for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; we will unceasingly seek to quicken the sense of public duty…" is taken from __________.

A)the oath of the Athenian city-state
B)the New York Police Department, Police Officer's Code
C)Buckminster Fuller's The Radiant City
D)Le Corbusier's The Living City

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The American urban pattern following World War II was __________.

A)centralization
B)de-concentration
C)concentration
D)stratification

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the United States, which of the following has fostered the deindustrialization of central cities?

A)central city decay
B)poor planning by federal, state and local governments
C)changed transportation and communication technologies
D)a decline in the available work force

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to the text, the "death of the city" prophesies of the 1970s and 1980s for U.S. cities __________.

A)will become true in the 21^st century
B)were largely accurate as exurbs have become the seats of power
C)are still viable and should be taken seriously
D)generally have proven false as many cities have demonstrated prosperity

Question 5

The federal government, during the Trump administration, __________.

A)has been withdrawing urban funding
B)has maintained its funding for urban programs
C)significantly increased its contributions to cities
D)put urban funding on the national agenda as a top priority

Question 6

The Trump administration__________.

A)advocated significant funding for U.S. cities
B)advocated slight increases in funding for U.S. Cities
C)did not ever mention U.S. cities
D)advocated the total elimination of all federal funding for U.S. cities

Question 7

According to the text, federal policies __________.

A)have consistently helped U.S. cities and are responsible for their vigor
B)have sometimes caused problems for cities
C)have had no impact on U.S. cities what-so-ever
D)must be drafted to protect cities or they will decline even further

Question 8

According to the text, over the years the federal governments urban policies have directed money toward __________.

A)institutions
B)people
C)places
D)industry

Question 9

Over the next decade central city populations in large cities in the United States will probably __________.

A)increase slightly
B)increase sharply
C)decrease sharply
D)increase except in the Sun Belt

Question 10

During the last decade the populations of central cities generally has __________.

A)increased tremendously
B)shown some growth
C)decreased sharply
D)decreased tremendously

Question 11

Political reapportionment based on the last four censuses has resulted in what region losing seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A)South
B)Northeast and Midwest
C)Southwest
D)Pacific

Question 12

Migration in North America today primarily is from __________.

A)countryside to city
B)central city to central city
C)city to countryside
D)suburb to suburb

Question 13

During the next decade population can be expected to increase most substantially in __________.

A) Texas
B)Illinois
C)Michigan
D)Connecticut

Question 14

According to the text data since the Great Recession shows millennials more interested in __________.

A)outer suburbs
B)exurbs
C)rurban areas
D)central cities

Question 15

Continued suburban and exurban sprawl has been slowed by __________.

A)government policy
B)local planning programs
C) high transportation and housing costs
D)racial unrest

Question 16

According to the text, __________ are the most likely to want to live in central cities rather than suburban places.

A)young urban professionals
B)young families with children
C)the very elderly
D)Asian Americans

Question 17

Which of the following strategies for urban planning and problem solving reflects the philosophy that the system, itself, needs some modifications?

A)reform
B)radical
C)Marxist
D)conventional

Question 18

Which one of the following is NOT a social planning approach?

A) conventional approach
B)neo-classical approach
C) reformist approach
D) radical approach

Question 19

According to the text, the strategy for urban planning and problem solving, which suggests that problems can be solved by adopting better leadership and administrators, is referred to as __________.

A)conventional
B) reformist
C) radical
D) Marxist

Question 20

According to the text, one point upon which most urbanists agree is that the core problems facing urban areas are __________.

A)largely technical in nature
B)social problems that require social solutions
C)resolvable largely with good will
D)solvable with advances in technology

Question 21

The vision of an urban utopia, called "Broadacre City" that has no large buildings was proposed by __________.

A)Frank Lloyd Wright
B)Buckminster Fuller
C)Le Corbusier
D)Constantinos A.Doxiadis

Question 22

Millennials are most oriented toward __________.

A)new outer suburbs
B)older suburbs
C)central-city neighborhoods
D)rural locations

Question 23

"Radiant City" with large blocks of high-rises was designed by __________.

A)Frank Lloyd Wright
B)Buckminster Fuller
C)Le Corbusier
D)Constantinos A.Doxiadis

Question 24

Which version of urban utopia proposed cities where each inhabitant would be allotted at least one acre of land to farm?

A)Radiant City
B)Broadacre City
C)Arcology
D)Acrosanti

Question 25

New world class cities of the future are now being constructed in

A)the Persian Gulf States
B)Western Europe
C)Africa
D)Latin America

Question 26

The tallest building in the world is found in __________.

A)Beijing
B)London
C)Dubai
D)New York

Question 27

Which of the following is a planned capitol city ?

A)Canberra, Australia
B)Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
C)Las Vegas, Nevada
D)Portland, Oregon

Question 28

Brasilia was designed to resemble the shape of a(n) __________.

A)ship
B)car
C)airplane
D)train

Question 29

Which of the following is true about Brasilia?

A)It is warm, livable and inviting in appearance.
B)Due to its design, traffic congestion is kept to a minimum.
C)It is free of any slum settlements.
D)Without any rivers or springs to feed it, it has a serious water problem.

Question 30

Which visionary designer suggested the idea of doing away with such urban necessities as water mains and sewers by utilizing recycling packs that people would wear on their backs like astronauts' life-support systems?

A)Paolo Soleri
B)Buckminster Fuller
C)Le Corbusier
D)Constantinos A.Doxiadis

Question 31

A new city of the future powered by sun and wind is currently being planned by

A)Saudi Arabia
B)Russia
C)England
D)United States

Question 32

Regarding many planned utopias, the text concludes that __________.

A)they frequently appear sterile and lifeless, may be nice places to visit, but are less suited to continuous habitation
B)utopian planners should be the last people we allow to have anything to do with planning our cities
C)they are a definite possibility for our urban future
D)they are really the only way that the urban future should be addressed

Question 33

According to the text several new world class cities are being built __________.

A)in Europe
B)in the U.S.
C)in the Arab Persian Gulf
D)in Africa

Question 34

Which of the following is true of Las Vegas?

A)It pretty well fits the model for post-war "cities of the future".
B)It had the fastest U.S. growth rate before the Great Recession.
C)It grew organically from its surrounding environment.
D)It is considered to be architecturally "authentic".

Question 35

The text concludes that when planning for city dwellers, the challenge is __________.

A)to come up with the most innovative ideas
B)to try to please everyone at the same time
C)not to let our imaginations enter into the process
D)to find the balance between speculative fancy and unimaginative extensions of the past.

Question 36

The shared bike plans that are now found in many cities were first proposed

A)in federal legislation
B)by Chicago in the 1990s
C)in earlier editions of The Urban World
D)by New York traffic managers

Question 37

The American metro areas are where __________.

A)effective new programs are being developed by governments and businesses
B)there is little interest in new approaches
C)government is likely to be changed to a two-tier system
D)movement is toward one metropolitan-area government

Question 38

Metropolitan-area government is found in __________.

A)New York City
B)Chicago, Illinois
C)Nashville, Tennessee
D)San Francisco, California

Question 39

According to the text, Portland, Oregon is an example of __________.

A) the problems associated with "pie in the sky" planning
B)a city that is beyond all help from planning
C)a traditional city that needs no planning
D)a success story using "smart growth"

Question 40

Which of the following is a trend predicted by 50 urban planners and historians in the U.S.?

A)The disparity of wealth between the central city and suburbs will increase.
B)Suburbs will lose their political majority as more immigrants move into central cities.
C)Household size will increase.
D)Racial integration and diversity will decrease in the suburbs.

Question 41

The text concludes with a(n) __________ view for the future of the city in the U.S.

A)pessimistic
B)neutral
C)optimistic
D)It doesn't make any statement about its view on the future of U.S. cities.

Question 42

The 19^th and early 20^th centuries fostered a period of urban concentration.

Question 43

Communication and transportation technologies continue to favor centralization of urban functions in the United States.

Question 44

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania now is a city center with a service-based economy and no longer has any steel mills.

Question 45

The Los Angeles School of urban theory argues that Southern California is a unique case.

Question 46

Changed transportation and communication technologies have reduced the necessity to locate factories in urban centers.

Question 47

The state of North Carolina has a policy of concentrated economic activity.

Question 48

Federal revenue sharing with cities was begun by President Nixon.

Question 49

The "death of the city" forecasts have accurately predicted the continued decline of large city populations.

Question 50

The Trump administration had no interest in funding urban programs.

Question 51

President Trump was the first president in 20 years to put urban planning back on the national agenda.

Question 52

The 1995 Republican "Contract for America" proposed the elimination of all federal aid to cities.

Question 53

According to the text, federal policies have invariably fixed urban problems.

Question 54

Federal transportation policies and federal tax policies have encouraged a middle-class exodus to the suburbs and housing sprawl.

Question 55

Central-city populations generally can be expected to decrease sharply.

Question 56

Some federal programs and policies designed from the 1950s to the 1970s had the goal of rebuilding the cities and slowing the middle-class exodus to the suburbs.

Question 57

Migration in North America today is increasingly between one metropolitan area and another.

Question 58

The most recent internal metropolitan area movement is into the central city.

Question 59

Millennials prefer city living more than previous generaltions.

Question 60

The text concludes that the only way to contain suburban sprawl is by government legislation and smart-growth planning.

Question 61

Hispanic Americans increasingly live in suburban places.

Question 62

According to the text, African American middle-class suburbanization is slowing down.

Question 63

Asian Americans are more suburban than the white population.

Question 64

The rate of Hispanic American suburbanization is declining.

Question 65

Appointing new leadership to deal with the problem of suburban sprawl, without making any major changes to government policy, is regarded as a conventional approach to urban planning.

Question 66

Most urbanists generally agree that the core problems of the city are physical problems (i.e., infrastructure) and, as such, can easily be solved.

Question 67

Architect and planner, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed giving each urban family an acre of land and expected them to farm it.

Question 68

Le Corbusier wrote a book entitled The Living City in which he recommended miniaturization and compactness as a design theme for cities.

Question 69

The U.S. high-rise urban renewal buildings of the 1960s were influenced by Le Corbusier's vision of the city.

Question 70

Brasilia, is a planned city designed from the plans of Constantinos Doxiadis.

Question 71

Architect Paolo Soleri developed the concept of "archeology", a compact, three-dimensional city.

Question 72

Paolo Soleri has constructed a highly successful prototype of his planned city in Arizona.

Question 73

Las Vegas before the Great Recession was the fastest growing large city in the United States.

Question 74

Las Vegas is nearly a perfect example of the typical "post-war city " model .

Question 75

According to the text, one example of a "fanciful city of the future that already exists" is Las Vegas.

Question 76

According to the text, Las Vegas grew organically from its environment.

Question 77

According to the text, the challenge facing urban planners is finding the line between speculative fancy and unimaginative extensions of the past.

Question 78

The text criticizes programs like the "borrow a bike" as "speculative fancy" and "unworkable".

Question 79

Today the most innovative approaches to metro area problems is coming from , metropolitan area governments and businesses.

Question 80

There is wide public support today for single metropolitan-area governments.