Deck 13: Shifting the Focus to Results

Question 1

Which of the following is a concept used by Castells to capture how the public accommodations that individuals use have to be collectively produced?

A) Neighborhood networks
B) Public access
C) Shared commons
D) Collective consumption

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which US city instituted the Mandatory Affordability Program (MAP), which expanded incentive zoning?

A) Seattle, WA
B) San Francisco, CA
C) San Antonio, TX
D) Stamford, CT

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is a South African social movement which fought for the right to tenure and against residential displacement within the informal settlement spaces?

A) Uniao de Movimentos de Moradia (UMM)
B) Abahlali baseMjondolo
C) FedUp
D) Black Lives Matter

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What is the term for material and symbolic markers, such as monuments and flags, that help define a community's collective consciousness, collective memory, and identity?

A) Sign
B) Totem
C) Landmark
D) Juncture

Question 5

How does an incentive zoning policy work?

A) Incentive zoning alters zoning ordinances to allow additional height for a building when developers pay an additional monetary fee per square foot in exchange for constructing a larger building.
B) Incentive zoning policies are fees which transfer the costs of paying for construction of new affordable housing to developers.
C) Incentive zoning policies use taxes to incentivize developers to build further away from the city center, reducing density.
D) Incentive zoning is a policy of incentivizing development of commercial retail space to broaden the economic activity of a neighborhood.

Question 6

Which of the following is a regulatory system that places caps on the amount of rent a landlord can collect each month and places limits how much the landlord can increase the amount rent year over year?

A) Inclusionary zoning
B) Incentive zoning
C) Rent Control
D) Affordability zoning

Question 7

When a housing linkage fee is in place, who is responsible for paying the costs of construction for new affordable housing?

A) Developers
B) The city government
C) Neighborhood tenant associations
D) Renters

Question 8

When did the 1942 US Emergency Price Act expire?

A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1968
D) 2008

Question 9

Which of the following experiences can erode social bonds within a community and make it difficult for a group to mobilize and make demands for collective consumption?

A) Totem dislocation
B) Crime waves
C) Incentive zoning
D) Collective trauma

Question 10

Which of the following urban social movements challenges systemic police brutality and racial injustice?

A) Black Lives Matter
B) FedUp
C) Harm Reduction model
D) The Social Justice Fund

Question 11

What three characteristics make an urban social movement particularly "urban"? Use two examples of urban social movements from the chapter to illustrate the ways in which urban social movements are embedded in their cities.

Question 12

Explain the difference between Castell's and Lefebvre's perspectives on urban social movements.

Question 13

Assess the pros and cons of rent control and inclusionary zoning as two policy strategies working to address needs of affordable housing.

Question 14

Compare and contrast how sociologists and economists differ in their assessment of rent control and other policies that work to address issues of affordable housing.

Question 15

Many urban social movements are rooted in city social life but address broader social problems including environmental quality and race relations. What is the role of place these social movements?