URP3001 Chapter 4

Brasília:

São Paulo's economic base was initially tied to the growing and transshipment of:

The three megacities of South America are:

Crimes such as homicide in São Paulo often correlate with:

Half of Uruguay's population resides in Montevideo, and a third of Chile's population resides in Santiago. The demographic dominance of Montevideo and Santiago makes these cities:

As the gap between rich and poor has widened in most cities of South America, what has happened to the urban elite?

One of the main reasons for the building of Brasília was to:

Guarded apartments, walled housing estates, chauffeured shuttles to private schools: these are all characteristics of:

Lima, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo are:

During its "golden age" in the late 19th century, it was known as the "Paris of South America." To what city does this moniker refer?

The growth of Lima during the second half of the 20th century could best be described as:

The easy‑going Carioca, the annual Carnival, Copacabana Beach, and Sugarloaf Mountain are iconic images of:

Self-help housing in South America is characterized by all of the following except:

Georgetown, Guyana, along with the cities of Suriname and French Guiana: Are located on the continent of South America. Are characterized by an ethnic geography the is Caribbean in its composition. Both A and B Neither A or B

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

Brazil's efforts to open up the interior of the country to settlement and development has:

What would you find in South America's favelas?

Beginning in the 1960s, architect and mayor Jaime Lerner masterminded the evolution of what city into one of the pioneering laboratories of sustainable urbanism?

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

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

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:

Which one of the following is not true with respect to spatial segregation in South American cities? South American cities have long been highly segregated. Polarization of lifestyles by neighborhood is decreasing. Population expansion is bringing distinct social groups into contact. Proximity seems to be accentuating tensions between social classes.

The ambulantes (street vendors) of South America's cities:

Which pair of cities is Portuguese-speaking?

Since the beginning of the 21st century, Bogota has successfully developed what two alternatives to the automobile as methods of moving people around the city?

The colonial core of Lima, the central area of Brasília, and the Carioca landscapes of Rio de Janeiro have all been designated:

A right‑angled gridiron of streets oriented around a central plaza was the urban form required under:

In the 19th century, South American cities became more integrated into the global economy by coordinating the export of primary commodities and the import of manufactured goods. What primary commodities were important in the 19th century?

One reason why affluent gated communities have located in low-income jurisdictions of Buenos Aires' suburbs is because of:

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?

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

Brazil's 1956 Development Plan designated what city as the site of the country's foreign-led automobile industry beginning with Volkswagen?

Which one of the following South American cities is most vulnerable to sea level rise?