Exam 13: Urban Patterns

-According to this plan of the CBD of Wilkes-Barre,

-According to this plan of the CBD of Wilkes-Barre,

Hybrid automobile sales in the United States increased during the early 2000s primarily because of the success of Toyota's

-According to this map of foreclosures and home sales in Houston, a greater number of homes were foreclosures in northern and southern areas of Houston than in eastern and western areas of Houston.

In the United States, which of the following definitions of a city covers the largest land area?

Relatively wealthy individuals live in the center of most cities in the world outside of North America.

In the history of the last 100 years, how has the automobile changed the form of cities?

-This map of Chicago indicates that large concentrations of Hispanics reside in the northwestern and southwestern parts of the city.

The city plus its surrounding built-up suburbs is the

The underclass is characterized in part by high rates of

Describe similarities and differences in the central business districts of cities in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

Public housing is

Compared to the private automobile, public transportation offers more

The future health of urban areas depends on relieving traffic congestion by increasing road capacity and increasing the demand for people to visit, work, and live in urban areas.

What kinds of changes would you expect to see in the short term, if the main employers in a CBD were to relocate to another city? What long-term changes would follow if alternative employers do not replace those who have departed?

According to Homer Hoyt's sector model, once a district with high-class housing is established, the most expensive new housing is built

The laws enacted in 1573 that specifically outlined how colonial Spanish cities were to be constructed were called the

Land is more intensively used in the center of the city than elsewhere.

The zone in transition in U.S. cities typically contains which of the following?

While public transportation ridership has declined in the United States, a number of cities have invested in new public transportation systems.