Deck 9: Neighborhoods and Communities

Question 1

A ___ can be defined as "any sociospatial environment where primary relations among residents dominate social life," while a ___ can be defined as "a network of socially connected individuals."

A) Community; neighborhood
B) Neighborhood; community
C) Community, association
D) Community, enclave

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Private businesses and public amenities that offer spaces for individuals to spend time and interact apart from either home or work is a good definition for which concept?

A) Third places
B) Sociospatial areas
C) Neighborhoods
D) Communities

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to Rachelle and Donald Warren (1977), which ideal type of neighborhood can be described as having low levels of connections between residents within the neighborhood, but high levels of connections between residents from the neighborhood and others outside of their neighborhood?

A) Parochial neighborhood
B) Integral neighborhood
C) Diffuse neighborhood
D) Anomic neighborhood

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following terms can be defined as "an urban space with a concentration of members of one ethnic group who live, work, and often operate small businesses, and which provides community support for residence in a context of spatial segregation"?

A) Neighborhood
B) Association
C) Enclave
D) Community

Question 5

Which of the following describes contemporary patterns of enclave formation across the metropolitan region?

A) Suburban enclaves are dissipating as more immigrants locate to the central city.
B) Enclaves in the central city are dissipating with immigrants moving to new neighborhoods within the city, but not the suburbs.
C) Immigrants are bypassing suburban neighborhoods as they move out of central cities and in to rural communities.
D) Enclaves are forming outside of the central city, with many immigrants locating to suburbs.

Question 6

According to William Julius Wilson, jobless ghettos are census tract neighborhoods in which more than ___ of the residents live in poverty.

A) 25%
B) 40%
C) 50%
D) 65%

Question 7

Women been integral participants in urbanization and urban social life, though their roles have often been overlooked.

Question 8

Gilbert's research examining how single mothers manage work, childcare, and social life in urban space found what?

A) The women developed spatially-rooted social networks that served as resources.
B) The spatial separation of social functions across the metropolitan region facilitated an easy ordering of their daily routines.
C) The availability of public transportation made daily routines easier for upper class women.
D) Answers A and C
E) None of the above

Question 9

In the US today, just under half of all women with children under 18 years old are working.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT identified among examples of women's spaces by Daphne Spain?

A) Department stores of the 1800s
B) Saloons in the 1800s
C) Denison House in Boston
D) Hull House in Chicago

Question 11

Examining the spaces created by gays and lesbians across metropolitan regions, Podmore (2006) sees which of the following?

A) Gay men often produced visible enclaves in the inner-city, while lesbian women's social spaces were relatively invisible.
B) Lesbian women often produced visible enclaves in the inner-city, while gay men's social spaces were relatively invisible.
C) Both gay men and lesbian women created visible social spaces connected to commercial sites, including bars and restaurants.
D) Gay men often produced visible enclaves in the inner-city, while lesbian women were more likely to occupy spaces of political power in their city.

Question 12

Which of the following demographic changes does Ghaziani note as having contributed to assimilation and also the unintended consequence of erasing "the location of sexuality in specific urban spaces"?

A) In each of the last three US Census's, fewer same-sex households lived in zip codes historically associated with gay neighborhoods.
B) In each of the last three US Census's, more same-sex households lived in zip codes historically associated with gay neighborhoods.
C) The number of straight residents in many historical LGBTQ enclaves has increased over time.
D) Answers A and C.
E) Answers B and C.

Question 13

What's the difference between neighborhood and community? Explain how each concept helps us understand urban social life.

Question 14

Compare and contrast the circumstances of two or three of the differential groups discussed in this chapter. What do they have in common as they make their way in urban social space? How are their circumstances different?

Question 15

Choose two or three of the social class groups discussed in this chapter, and assess the impact of their lifestyles and consumer habits on urban social space and social life.

Question 16

How does the division of labor inside the home among family members shape urban space and social life across the metropolitan region?

Question 17

Does the deconcentration of immigrant enclaves throughout the multicentric metropolitan region illustrate assimilation or the continuation of segregation? How does this process differ between white and non-white ethnic groups?

Question 18

What is the paradox that the LBGTQ community faces that is leading to the decline of or transformation of the gay enclave? What are the important social functions of the "gayborhood" for marginalized members of the LGBTQ community?