Exam 15: Populations, Cities, and the Environment

Why is the "water grabbing" of developing countries possible?

The belief that humans will find ways to overcome any problems posed by pollution and waste is consistent with what attitude?

Urban density is measured by

If a sociologist believes that urban sprawl creates largely white, upper- and middle-class suburbs whose residents have access to resources that urban dwellers do not, what theoretical perspective do they represent?

________ are associated with an increase in social atomization.

In which year did the first United States Census take place?

Damage to tropical rain forests is causing the extinction of many species, but it is also detrimental to human life. Why?

An edge city is different from a suburb because it

Which political party made social justice, community-based economics, feminism, and diversity central to its platform?

The Environmental Protection Agency has a department with a mandate to work for the "fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies." What is this department MOST likely to be called based on your reading in Chapter 15?

What type of nations are the largest consumers of energy worldwide?

Few people today know that the Milky Way is a spiral arm of our galaxy that contains a dense cluster of stars. In the past, it appeared not as individual points of light, but as a splash of light across the night sky. Why is it no longer visible this way?

What is the name of the subdiscipline that studies the social causes and consequences of environmental problems?

What do environmental sociologists refer to when they talk about "the treadmill of production"?

Internal migration, in the United States, has mostly consisted of a movement from rural areas to urban areas.

Environmental justice claims that those who are most responsible for climate change suffer the most from it.

Why did many individuals react counter to how the "bystander effect" predicts they might have reacted during the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City?

What was MOST environmental activism focused on during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Why does the textbook include a section on centenarians?

Why do wealthier countries take, or water grab, water from poorer countries?