Question 1

Effective use of the urban-structure models depends on the availability of data at the scale of

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A)  national and state level. 
B)  state and municipal level. 
C)  municipal and city level. 
D)  individual neighborhood level. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  national and state level. 
B)  state and municipal level. 
C)  municipal and city level. 
D)  individual neighborhood level. 
E)  All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following is generally true of many suburbs in Europe,in contrast to U.S.models?

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A)  Shops, schools, and other services are worse than in central-city neighborhoods, and they are centers for crime, violence, and drug dealing. 
B)  They have the best schools, although these same schools are centers for white-collar crime, hazing and other forms of student-on-student violence, and drug dealing. 
C)  Most of the best shopping malls are located here. 
D)  They tend to have the largest community gardens in Europe. 
E)  They have the highest property taxes in Europe, and their levels of crime are low. 
A)  Shops, schools, and other services are worse than in central-city neighborhoods, and they are centers for crime, violence, and drug dealing. 
B)  They have the best schools, although these same schools are centers for white-collar crime, hazing and other forms of student-on-student violence, and drug dealing. 
C)  Most of the best shopping malls are located here. 
D)  They tend to have the largest community gardens in Europe. 
E)  They have the highest property taxes in Europe, and their levels of crime are low.

Question 3

Which model of the internal social structure of the city explains that growth develops in a series of sectors?

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A)  the concentric model 
B)  the sector model 
C)  the multiple nuclei model 
D)  the adaptive concentric model 
E)  the successive hierarchy model 
A)  the concentric model 
B)  the sector model 
C)  the multiple nuclei model 
D)  the adaptive concentric model 
E)  the successive hierarchy model

Question 4

Inner city residents who are trapped in an unending cycle of hardships are referred to as

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A)  permanent welfare recipients. 
B)  permanently unemployed persons. 
C)  permanent hardship cases. 
D)  permanent victims. 
E)  a permanent underclass. 
A)  permanent welfare recipients. 
B)  permanently unemployed persons. 
C)  permanent hardship cases. 
D)  permanent victims. 
E)  a permanent underclass.

Question 5

As in the United States,wealthier people in European cities cluster

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A)  along a sector extending out from the CBD. 
B)  along major highways. 
C)  in and around the inner city's historic buildings. 
D)  in bunches around stadiums and opera houses. 
E)  along industrial parks and waterways. 
A)  along a sector extending out from the CBD. 
B)  along major highways. 
C)  in and around the inner city's historic buildings. 
D)  in bunches around stadiums and opera houses. 
E)  along industrial parks and waterways.

Question 6

The text discusses limitations of the various urban structure models to explain where different types of people live in a city and suggests combining the models is a better approach.For the use of models in general,teachers often emphasize to students that some models are useful and all models are wrong.Describe what factors would make a combined model produce less than perfect predictions (be wrong to some extent).

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There are several factors that can contr

Question 7

Today,low-income people

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A)  tend to live in the center of European cities. 
B)  are less likely to live in European inner-city neighborhoods. 
C)  are only allowed to live in the inner cities of Europe. 
D)  live only in a segregated part of the suburbs along major routes. 
E)  pay higher taxes for the right to live in the inner cities. 
A)  tend to live in the center of European cities. 
B)  are less likely to live in European inner-city neighborhoods. 
C)  are only allowed to live in the inner cities of Europe. 
D)  live only in a segregated part of the suburbs along major routes. 
E)  pay higher taxes for the right to live in the inner cities.

Effective use of the urban-structure models depends on the availability of data at the scale of

Which of the following is generally true of many suburbs in Europe,in contrast to U.S.models?

Which model of the internal social structure of the city explains that growth develops in a series of sectors?

Inner city residents who are trapped in an unending cycle of hardships are referred to as

As in the United States,wealthier people in European cities cluster

Today,low-income people

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Exam 13: Urban Patterns

Effective use of the urban-structure models depends on the availability of data at the scale of

Which of the following is generally true of many suburbs in Europe,in contrast to U.S.models?

Which model of the internal social structure of the city explains that growth develops in a series of sectors?

Inner city residents who are trapped in an unending cycle of hardships are referred to as

As in the United States,wealthier people in European cities cluster

Today,low-income people

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