Exam 15: Population and Urbanization

Within Burgess's concentric zone model,___________ is the central business district and cultural center.

Compare the ideas of Simmel, Wirth, and Gans on contemporary urban life. Include the concepts of urbanism and urban villagers in your response. Explain which of these perspectives you find most convincing and why.

The primary biological factor determining fertility within a particular society is______________ .

During the demographic transition stage of___________ , little population growth occurs because high birth rates are offset by high death rates.

___________argue that gentrification creates additional hardships for the poor by depleting the amount of affordable housing available and by "pushing" them out of city neighborhoods.

How large is the world's population today?

The______________ refers to the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Ecological models of city growth, human ecology, and social area analysis all pertain to the___________ within sociology.

According to the ___________developed by urban sociologists Harris and Ullman, cities do not have one center from which all growth radiates, but rather have numerous centers of development based on specific urban needs or activities.

Across the world, there is a general trend toward___________ .

___________is the movement of people into a geographic area to take up residency;___________ is the movement of people out of a geographic area to take up residency elsewhere.

Define fecundity and fertility and explain how they are related to each other.

______________is a subfield of sociology that examines population size, composition, and distribution.

___________refers to one explanation of 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.

___________refers to the ecological process involved in the concentric zone model in which a new category of people or type of land use arrives in an area previously occupied by another group or land use.

___________is the process by which a new category of people or type of land use gradually predominates in an area formerly dominated by another group or activity.

Which theorist was generally optimistic about urban life?

The ______________is considered an important reflection of a society's level of preventive medical care, maternal nutrition, childbirth procedures, and neonatal care for infants.

White women have a longer life expectancy than white men; however, African American men have a longer life expectancy than African American women.

A population pyramid that is actually pyramidal in shape is likely to pertain to a(n)___________ .