Exam 10: Urban Geography: A World of Cities

Which city is home to the world's largest urban forest?

Future urban growth in Africa and Asia will likely come from:

Which of the following is considered by some archeologists the oldest real city, dating 9000

According to urban scholar Henri Lefebvre, the ability of people to move through the city is:

According to Sassen, the world's three global cities were:

Higher-income neighborhoods use more water than lower-income neighborhoods.

Recent migrants to cities tend to have higher fertility rates than people who have long lived in the city.

The earliest cities arose along all of the following major rivers EXCEPT the:

In the developing capitalist city, which type of urban land would be considered to have the lowest value?

Central places of higher rank greatly outnumber central places of lower rank in the hierarchy.

The world's urban population exceeds the world's rural population.

Which is NOT true of cities in comparison to suburbs?

The world's rural population exceeds the world's urban population.

In many instances, shantytowns become recognized neighborhoods and permanent parts of the city.

In ancient cities, the axis mundi was symbolized by an elevated structure. Which combination is NOT correct?

Attempts to mitigate climate change usually focus primarily on:

Which would have the greatest threshold?

The growth of cities is fueled by all of the following phenomena EXCEPT:

The people who began the gentrification process in the 1970s were usually:

One of the characteristics of the cosmomagical cities was that they were oriented to the cardinal directions.