Exam 5: Problems of Place: Urban, Suburban, and Rural

When low-density, automobile dependent development takes place outside of a central city, this is characterized as __________.

The arrest rate for drugs in rural areas is lower because __________.

Unlike in the past, high levels of racial segregation persist in only a handful of U.S. metropolitan areas.

A suburban city of at least 100,000 that has experienced double-digit growth each decade since it became urban is an example of __________.

Since 1980 the federal government has made huge cuts in money and services to central cities, leading to fiscal crisis, a shrinking tax base, poor services, and a declining population.

When developers and speculators look to gentrify communities they like purchasing warehoused property because __________.

Class, __________, and the fear of crime, play into the corporate motivation to move to the fringes of urban areas.

"Environmental racism" refers to __________.

Beginning with the Reagan administration, there have been over three decades of __________.

Nonmetropolitan areas are considered to be __________ and encompass 80 percent of the nation's land area.

How has employment changed in rural areas? Ideal

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an urban area is any town, city, or village __________.

Neighborhoods where at least two in five households live below the poverty line are considered __________.

Urban centers are more likely to be __________.

Although some middle-class Blacks have moved to the suburbs, others suburban residents are mostly __________.

Which of the following is true about current mortgage lending practices?

"Warehousing" refers to __________.

When landlords buy properties in poor neighborhoods but do not maintain them this is a form of __________.

A jobs/housing mismatch occurs when __________.

Which of the following is true of conditions in urban areas?