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- 1. Multiple Choice
The rapid spread of a city from its center is known as...
New Urbanism
Exurbanization
Urban sprawl
Urban infill
- 2. Multiple Choice
Identify this model with a traditional and a colonial CBD, an informal economy zone, and informal settlements along the periphery.
African City Model
Latin American City Model
Concentric Zone Model
Middle Eastern City Model
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?
galactic city
sector
multiple city
Griffen-Ford
- 4. Multiple Choice
What concept describes the process in which a wealthy family sells its house to a less-wealthy family of a different ethnic group, who then divides the house into two units?
functional zonation
filtering
zoning
urban planning
- 5. Multiple Choice
According to the graph, the US would be the most likely to have...
the most informal economic activity sales
the most black market sales
most of its paid labor reported and taxed
- 6. Multiple Choice
Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.
blockbusting
gentrification
leapfrogging
new urbanism
- 7. Multiple Choice
Goals of new urbanism inlcude (3)..
increase homogeneity
increase affordable housing
creating lively, vibrant neighborhoods
reducing urban sprawl
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following contributes to urban sprawl?
urban infill
leapfrogging
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a megacity in Southeast Asia?
Beijing
Sao Paulo
Jakarta
Tokyo
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are megacities in Latin America? (3)
Lima, Peru
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Quito, Ecuador
- 11. Multiple Choice
Prosperous residential districts beyond the suburbs are known as...
galactic cities
exurbs
suburbs
inner cities
- 12. Multiple Choice
Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to... in American cities.
gated communities
racial segregation
public transportation
exurbanization
- 13. Multiple Choice
Real estate agents have encouraged (often) white families to sell their houses at a loss once a (often) black or latino family moves into the neighborhood in a process known as...
redlining
gentrification
filtering
blockbusting
- 14. Multiple Choice
Banks might consider giving loans to those who want to purchase and improve homes in a certain urban area too risky so they may refuse loans in certain districts. This practice is known as...
redlining
urban redevelopment
gentrification
eminent domain
- 15. Multiple Choice
New urbanism, smart growth and the construction of greenbelts are efforts to...
combat or reduce urban sprawl
industrialize LDC's
encourage further urban sprawl
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