Deck 7: Reading the City

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the zones in Burgess's theory?

A) the suburbs
B) the central business district
C) the zone of transition
D) the commuter zone

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The key to Hoyt's sector theory was the

A) existence of an eroding central business district.
B) changing location of the city's dominant group - the wealthy.
C) presence of multiple nuclei.
D) prediction of land-use patterns.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

__________ theory suggests that as a city grows, it is differentiated into homogeneous areas or nuclei, but these nuclei do not necessarily form concentric zones or sectors.

A) Sector
B) Concentric zone
C) Multiple nuclei
D) Containment

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Harris and Ullman identified several rules that are useful in predicting the location and future growth of specialized areas. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A) Certain activities require specialized facilities and concentrate where these facilities are available.
B) Similar activities benefit from being close to each other.
C) Certain dissimilar activities may be disadvantageous to each other.
D) Most activities could benefit from a decentralized location removed from the central business district.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the elements of White's model of the twenty-first century city?

A) the core
B) the zone of fertilization
C) elite enclaves
D) the diffused middle class

Question 6

The term __________ describes the low-density development that engulfs more of the urban fringe.

A) diffused middle class
B) elite enclaves
C) edge cities
D) urban sprawl

Question 7

The text observes that highways connecting the central city to the suburbs and beltways are a focus for intensive economic activity. These phenomena are referred to as

A) corridor development.
B) institutional anchors.
C) elite enclaves.
D) zones of stagnation.

Question 8

Beginning in the first decades of the twentieth century, a number of political changes violated many of the assumptions of the work of classical urban theorists. Which of the following is NOT one of these changes?

A) comprehensive zoning that regulated land uses in cities
B) the growth of the role of government in providing the city's infrastructure
C) a decrease in the role of the federal government in the operation of the housing market
D) urban renewal and redevelopment

Question 9

Some political economists focus attention on what they call __________ government-financed roads, sewers and water systems, schools, office towers, and hospitals.

A) the urbanization of capital
B) collective consumption
C) urban redevelopment
D) redlining

Question 10

The text observes that the inner city houses low-income and predominantly black renters. In the 1970s, banks would not lend in these markets. This practice was known as

A) redlining.
B) sidelining.
C) submarketing.
D) urban redevelopment.

Question 11

One of the recurring themes of globalization is a shift from high-volume to high- value-added production. This phenomenon is also called

A) redlining.
B) urban redevelopment.
C) submarketing.
D) post-Fordism flexible production

Question 12

__________ is a type of production characterized by large, vertically integrated companies employing mass-production techniques.

A) General Motoreze
B) Fordism
C) Edselism
D) Chryslerism

Question 13

A(n) __________ city is a cluster of commercial, residential, and retail activity anchored by a regional mall located at the intersection of the city's outer belt and a major interstate.

A) suburban
B) private
C) edge
D) sub-area

Question 14

The text observes that walled and gated communities are found on the fringes of most of our nation's cities. Robert Kaplan calls these areas

A) urban pods.
B) edge cities.
C) elite enclaves.
D) distressed neighborhoods.

Question 15

Michael Dear and Steven Flusty used the term ___________ to describe the application of modern security technology to the entire city.

A) urban pods
B) privatopia
C) elite enclaves
D) interdictory space

Question 16

The lower class occupies the largest area of the metropolis.

Question 17

One of the most distinguishing features of the evolving metropolis of the twenty- first century is the emergence of epicenters on the periphery of most metropolises.

Question 18

The first comprehensive zoning ordinance was adopted in Chicago in 1925.

Question 19

Today, most urban sociologists accept the tenets of classical urban ecology.

Question 20

Whereas zones, sectors, and clusters described the Fordism city, the LA school found a random pattern.

Question 21

Compare and contrast Burgess's concentric zone theory, Hoyt's sector theory, and Harris and Ullman's multiple nuclei theory.

Question 22

Outline and briefly explain the seven elements of White's model of the twenty- first-century city.

Question 23

Describe in detail the LA School's city of the twenty-first century.