URP3001 CHAPTER 11

Which one of the following trends works against the greening of East Asia's cities?

The hokou system in the People's Republic of China functioned as:

In 2010, Taipei ceased to be Taiwan's most populous city as a result of:

Since the late 1970s, all except which one of the following characteristics has applied to the PRC's economic system and therefore its cities?

Tokyo, Shanghai, and Osaka are all:

The urban landscapes of which region were least altered by European colonialism?

In the late 20th century, what was the main method used to temper the urban primacy of Seoul?

For at least three decades, from the 1950s through the 1970s, cities of East Asia evolved along two distinctly different development paths. Which one of the following cities did not follow the socialist development path during that period?

Since the late 1970s, the Chinese government has:

Xidan is a modern, busy shopping area. Wangfujing is a popular, pedestrianized retail strip. Zhongguancun is "China's Silicon Valley." In what city are Xidan, Wangfujing, and Zhongguancun?

Which one of the following associations is not correct?Xi'an - classic Chinese capital city Kyoto - national capital from 794 to 1868 Tokyo - "winter capital" of a great empire Seoul - the immortality of a Phoenix

Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, and the Summer Palace are signature landscapes of what city?

Changan, in China:

Although much traditional housing in central Beijing has been torn down, some courtyard houses (some turned into shops) remain. Where would you find these traditional courtyard houses?

What Chinese city, because of its colonial heritage, has a distinctly Japanese flavor?

Which pair of cities fits the description "capitals of a divided nation"?

If Beijing is the "Washington, D.C., of China," then what city is the "New York City of China"?

The cities of Manchuria became part of imperial Japan in the 1930s. What did Japan do to these cities?

Why did the People's Republic permit Hong Kong to thrive as a coastal enclave of Western-style capitalism and British colonialism for so long?

In Hong Kong, which of these is not true?

Space for Tokyo's urban development has been provided by: spreading across the Kanto Plain all of the above erecting skyscrapers claiming land from the bay

After the Communist Party took control, Beijing was transformed into a producer city. Growth in what sector of the economy put Beijing in that category?

Which one of these statements about Kyoto is true?

Lhasa, which is being turned into a culturally Chinese city, is the capital of what country?

The restoration of Cheonggye Stream (Cheonggyecheon):

Like other cities that are command-and-control points of the global economy, Tokyo has modeled its growth on: all of the above vertical (high-rise) development multifunctional (mixed-use) development compact development

Pudong is:

Which one of the following cities functions under an authoritarian national government but a capitalist economic system?

Because of its location at the top of the global urban hierarchy, what East Asian city ranks among the world's three global cities?