Urbanization - Cultural Studies & Ethics
Practice questions to test your knowledge and improve your understanding.
Gesellschaft describe a societal association, or a sense of relationships typified by impersonal bureaucracies and contractual arrangements rather than informal ones based on kinship and family ties
Gemeinschaft describes a Communal association, or a sense of close-knit community relations based on shared _______ and values
Urbanization in the United States was closely linked with economic development and industrialization.
What is the most contentious by-product of gentrification?
Housing, education, health, and public transportation demands are affected by the rate of Latino population growth.
The movement of populations from rural to urban areas; the growth and development, and redevelopment, of cities is called
________ defines the ways of life or cultures of people in cities; the myths, symbols, and rituals of urbanites
The study of the size, composition, and distribution of human populations is called
Edge cities have developed as suburban counterparts to __________.
Gentrification is a global experience.
Individuals who do not know each other on a personal basis or who have never met is called
Happy Valley is an area with 3,700 individuals. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Happy Valley is a(n)
The idea that our cities are examples of economic and social progress, yet also harbor significant social problems such as poverty, crime, crowding, pollution, and collapsing infrastructures is referred to as
Which generation is twice as likely to express a desire to live in a walkable urban area?
The rebuilding of parts of a city; sometimes large areas are completely demolished before being rebuilt, sometimes older buildings are preserved or updated is called
Industrialization describes a process that leads to a significant increase in the proportion of a population engaged in specialized factory work and nonagricultural occupations; increases the number of people living near factories and relying on mechanically produced goods and services
Disparities in quality housing have remained unchanged since the 1970s.
According to Durkheim, the social bonds that unite us will eventually weaken and lead to social problems as a result of
Built environment explains the human-constructed physical and material objects that make up the city, like buildings, streets, and sidewalks
A relatively large, dense, and _________ populated place or settlement is called city
Community explains a usually positive (though not necessarily so) form of sustained social cohesion, interaction, and organization that exists between the larger society and individuals who have similar characteristics or attributes (e.g., ethnicity, geography, beliefs)
Which theory views social problems as natural to the system, rising from the unequal distribution of power?
What is the distinguishing component of migration?
A process that occurs when racially segregated neighborhoods have high levels of isolation and other measures of extreme segregation from other races is called
The process by which a neighborhood is transformed by an infiltration of middle- and upper-class residents and by the revitalization of older buildings is called gentrification
Locations that serve social needs beyond work and home life (e.g., local coffee shops) is called
According to 2007 U.S. Census data, younger Americans are __________ than are older generations.
Laws originally created to keep lower-income residents out is called
The commercial, office, transportation, and cultural center of a city; land values in the CBD are usually among the highest in the city is called
The practice of physically separating the occupants of some social statuses from the occupants of others is called
The first studies on urbanization or urban sociology adopted a __________ approach, comparing the city to a(n)
A lack of town centers and rigidly separated homes are outcomes of
Dallas/fort worth is an example of an urban form known as a __________.
The conformity of individuals to explicit and implicit ______rules of behavior is called special order
Individuals who are from different symbolic worlds or cultures are called