URP3001 CHAPTER 12

23 February 2023
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In Australia, the "sea change" phenomenon is drawing people away from big cities and toward:
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Small coastal towns
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Which one of the following is true of the aboriginal population of Aotearoa/New Zealand?
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Maoris face significant disadvantages in New Zealand's cities.
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Around what city on the following list has it been common for squatter settlements to be bulldozed rather than adequately resourced?
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Port Moresby
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The largest cities in the small island countries of the southwest Pacific generally began as:
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colonial trading ports
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Which one of the following is not true of "green buildings" constructed as part of "green developments" such as Sydney's Central Park?
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Segregated housing densities and land uses
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Gentrification and the New Urbanism are often criticized because they foster:
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social exclusion
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Which one of the following is true of Sydney's suburbs?
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The greatest concentration of migrants is found in the suburbs
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Trends in the evolution of Sydney's city center include:
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Increase in high-rise luxury dwellings
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Which one of the following is a category of "disadvantaged places" within metropolitan Australia?
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Peri-urban localities
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Which one of the following does not apply to Sydney?
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Environmentally sustainable metropolitan area
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The "walking school buses" that serve many of Auckland's children: neither A nor B both A and B are evidence of the "greening" of New Zealand's cities depend on parents and watchful other adults
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Both A and B
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"A garden city built around a large lake, with a central focus on a parliamentary triangle and satellite suburbs with town centers of their own." This statement describes:
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Canberra
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An Australian state capital began as a penal colony of the British in 1788, served as a sealing and whaling port in the 19th century, and became a "gateway to Antarctica" in the 20th century. What city is it?
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Hobart
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Permitting midnight and prayers and extending hours for worship engendered conflict in Sydney's Baulkham Hills district when:
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Muslim residents wanted to expand their place of worship
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What signature landscape is not correctly paired with the city where it is located?
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The Harbour Bridge = Melbourne
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The growth of what city in Australia has taken place as people have left New South Wales and moved to the Sunbelt?
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Brisbane
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Railroads were initially built in Australia to connect:
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each coastal city with its hinterland
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Which one of the following has been an impediment to urban development in most island states of the southwest Pacific?
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Land is held as a communal resource by traditional owners
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Capital cities of Pacific Island nations (e.g., Suva) are generally characterized by all of the following except:
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strong tourist sectors
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The displacement of young people and lower-paid workers from high cost-of-living areas in Australia is a problem if a city considers what to be important?
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waterfront development
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Auckland grew up around a harbor site. With reference to what other feature could the site of Auckland be described?
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as an isthmus site
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Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia are:
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regions of the southwest Pacific
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What statement reflects the pattern of urban primacy in Australia?
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Each state of Australia is dominated by a primate city.
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Ozone levels in Sydney regularly exceed the 4-hour standard for ozone concentration on 21 days a year. Why?
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Car ownership is so ubiquitous
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Which one of these statements is not true about Australia and New Zealand?
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Suburbanization has only recently become a major trend.
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The cities of what country on the following list are most likely to be most severely affected by global warming?
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Tonga
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In Sydney, housing prices have more than doubled since the century began, resulting in:
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the concentration of lower-income groups in rental housing
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Large, expensive houses in cities of the island Pacific are likely to be:
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owned by expatriates and in gated communities
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In Australia, the "tree change" phenomenon is drawing people away from big cities and toward areas that are:
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wetter and cooler