URP 3001 Exam 1

Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's economy?

Which one of the following concepts is not paired with an appropriate example? megacity -- Jerusalem conurbation -- the Rhine-Ruhr area of Germany primate city -- Moscow megalopolis -- Boston to Washington

After the collapse of the Roman Empire, European cities declined, but in East Asia at least one city stood at over a million residents. What was that city?

Over the next fifty years, virtually all of the world's urban population growth will be concentrated in urban areas located in:

Which term is best used to refer to "a city and its suburbs"?

Which one of the following continents does not now have one of the world's five most populous urban agglomerations?

What industry transformed the following cities: Adelaide, Australia; Tolliati, Russia; Turin, Italy; Detroit, USA?

In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the population live in urban areas?

The United Nations recently inaugurated a new category of city size: metacities. What is a metacity?

Which one of the following would be categorized as an urban environmental risk at the local scale with a short-term impact?

Where is Los Angeles?

Where is Rio de Janeiro?

Where is Kolkata?

Where is Osaka?

Where is Jakarta?

Of the following, which one would you be least likely to find in the wealthiest jurisdictions of Los Angeles such as Beverly Hills?

Which one of the following is not one of the U.S. and Canada's eleven recognized megalopolitan regions?

With respect to language, the Ottawa city region is:

Smog in which one of the following cities provides an example of transnational air pollution because pollutants are carried across an international border by prevailing winds?

Growth of what industry betrays the transition of Cleveland and Pittsburgh to a post-industrial economy?

What category of land use accounts for an enormous one fifth of urban land in the United States?

If you do not view Hurricane Katrina's impact on New Orleans as a "natural disaster," which one of the following sources of damage would you emphasize?

The technological development responsible for urban sprawl in the U.S. is the:

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the Third Urban Revolution? - persistence of manufacturing's role in the urban economy - central cities as sites of "new urban spectacle" - post-modern industries - growth of giant metropolitan regions

Which one of the following would not be associated with "fortress cities" as conceptualized in the book City of Quartz? - cars with headlights on for safety - buildings barricaded by bollards - gates and walls around - residential compounds CCTV

Where is Detroit?

Where is Cleveland?

Where is Las Vegas?

Where is Atlanta?

Where is NYC?

In Miami, what are some of the effects of gentrification that occurred in the 21st century? - Lack of affordable housing - the implementation of community land trust model - the use of transit-oriented design to avoid the loss of community organizations - All of the above

*true or false* Racial segregation of predominantly black neighborhoods in the 20th century was reinforced when the city of Miami began construction of the Wynwood art district.

What were one of the goals for building and renewing parks and facilitating access to recreational water in Miami?

According to the presentation the Miami Urban Design Manual was created as a guideline for local schools to get involved in the creation of green spaces.

Little Havana in Miami _____.

The military engineers who designed and laid out the Spanish Crown's "New World" cities followed the:

According to the Griffin-Ford model, what category of land use borders the "spine" of a Latin American city?

When it was founded in 1519, Panama City was important to the Spanish Crown because it offered a connection to:

To what city would you travel to see the oldest permanent European settlement in the Americas?

According to the Griffin-Ford model, what typifies the center of a Latin American city?

What crop had consolidated Central America's national capitals by the end of the 19th century?

In 2006, the Union of Spanish American City Capitals declared what city to be the cultural capital of Spanish America?

With one exception, the capital cities of Central America are connected by what road, which is often called the region's "backbone"?

Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is dominant in El Salvador but now spreads from Canada to Colombia. What is Mara Salvatrucha?

Old San Juan is typical of cities founded by the Spanish in America in that it has:

Where is Charlotte Amalie?

Where is Santiago de Cuba?

Where is Mexico City?

Where is Tegucigalpa?

Where is Guadalajara?

Poor working conditions in Puerto Rico and low wages push doctors and other healthcare professionals to the United States after Hurricane Maria. What effect does this have on the island? - Even the best hospital on the island, located in San Juan, only has one cardiothoracic surgeon out of the ten in the territory and many hospitals are not working - Many doctors cannot perform due to improper conditions and hospitals lack correct equipment and space for the injured and sick - Due to the island's immense debt crisis, they cannot pay doctors and other workers the appropriate wages for their work - All of the above

How much debt has Puerto Rico accumulated?

A 5th of Puerto Rico's population is on Medicaid, and since the U.S. has capped the Medicaid reimbursement extremely below the belt than what the states receive, hospitals are forced to close down parts of their hospitals.

What has led to poor health care infrastructure that cannot adequately service the people of San Juan?

Due to the aftermath caused by Hurricane Maria, San Juan's inhabitants are still working to recover from an immense recession and build a better system of healthcare for any future natural disasters.

In which one of South America's regions do cities have the largest proportion of indigenous inhabitants?

Lima:

Residents of asentamientos humanos and villas meserias usually lack security of tenure, which means that they lack:

Using the term "dual cities" in the context of South American urbanism refers to:

Pre-Colombian urbanization in South America reached its height in cities like Cuzco, which was built by the:

A "Water War" erupted in Cochabamba, Peru, in 2000. What event precipitated these major uprisings and multiday protests by the city's citizens?

The earliest urban anchor of Portugal's colonial holdings in South America and the second largest city in the entire Portuguese realm at the time was:

With nearly 50 million people in an area the size of Austria, it represents a quarter of the national population and one-third of the GNP. What is it?

What would you find in South America's favelas?

Lima, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo are:

Where is Belem?

Where is Brasilia?

Where is Montevideo?

Where is Cartagena?

Where is Curitiba?

An impact of the Rio Olympic Golf Course was ... - Fragmentation of the natural area within Marapendi Reserve - Use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers that leak into water sources - A daily consumption of five million gallons of water to irrigate the greens despite water shortages - All of the above

The Mayor of Rio claimed that the city was not able to fulfill its promises of transforming the Olympic sites for the public because of the nation's financial crisis and its prohibition to spend money.

How many of the Rio de Janeiro water treatment plants were running during the 2016 Olympics?

Approximately how many individuals were said to have lost their homes due to Olympic construction?

What challenge do both Rio and Curitiba face? - An increase in parks within the city center causing pollution and displacement - Water pollution due to poor infrastructure and raw sewage - Rapid urbanization that caused informal settlements to form - Both B and C