Exam 23: Demographic and Urbanization Issues

Suppose you overhear some sociology classmates who moved to the city from a rural area discussing that life in the city has changed not only their daily activities but also how they think about the world.With whose argument will you associate these ideas?

Define gender regime and provide an example of how it operates in the city.

According to Burgess's concentric zone model,what happens if low-income families take up residence in Zone 2,where more wealthy families used to own homes?

How can cities change traditional or patriarchal gender regimes?

Which perspective would claim that people become insensitive to individuals and events around them because of the intensity of city life?

According to Malthus,preventive population checks include mortality risks such as famine and disease.

A research project on residents of Edmonton's use of the urban River Valley and trail system would fit into which of the following disciplines?

In studying the growth of cities,functionalists emphasize the life cycle of urban growth.

Outline the different ways that women are vulnerable in cities.

Describe Canada's population composition.Compare and contrast Canada's population with that of another country discussed in Chapter 23.

As a society modernizes,there is a time lag between the decrease in the death rate and a corresponding decrease in the birth rate.

Which term refers to the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births in a given year?

What percentage of the population is accepted as immigrants in Canada each year?

Settlers from northern Manitoba made a permanent residence and began to secure their livelihood with non-agricultural activities at the place where the Red and the Assiniboine Rivers meet.Which term describes this location?

Which of the following terms best describes the process by which some societies have moved from high birth and death rates to relatively low birth and death rates as a result of technological development?

Outline Malthus's theory of global population growth.

Which statement best describes public attitudes toward visible minority immigrants?

Which model views the city as a series of circular areas,each characterized by a different type of land use that developed from a central core?

Who developed the concentric zone model?

What analogy have some demographers used to describe the way in which the baby boom generation has moved up the population pyramid?