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Chapter Report #3 Name: GEOG/URBN 1200 Global Urbanization NetID: All responses to the following questions must be derived from the course’s textbook. (Do not use Internet sources ) Type or mark your responses directly in the space provided and upload your file in WORD (.docx) or PDF via HuskyCT by due date/time. Your input to open-ended questions must be a short phase or a sentence or two at most. Metro and Edge City Growth (Ch. 5) 1. In Box 5.1 ‘Defining Metropolitan Area’, where is suburban commonly referred to within the MSA’s context? The areas of the MSA beyond the central city 2. Edge cities can be viewed as an extension of the (concentric zone / sector / multiple-nuclei ) model of urban growth and are usually totally (pedestrian / automobile ) oriented. (Choose one for each pair ) 3. With respect to the rise of the Sunbelt, businesses are said to be attracted by a “good business climate.” What does it mean by this? List 4 factors in the context of the Sunbelt. The phrase “good business climate” refers to lower wages, lower taxes, lower land costs, and a lower rate of unionization. The Suburban Era? (Ch. 6) 4. With the arrival of electric streetcars, the spatial configuration of Boston as a walking city changed. In what shape did Boston and other American cities grow with this new mode of transportation? Boston and other American cities went from compact cities to star shaped urban areas with the invention of streetcars. It also meant that someone could live as far as 12 miles from the central business district and the use of streetcars in the middle class population could separate where they worked from where they lived. 5. What were important government policies or programs that caused the postwar suburban exodus associated with mortgage loans? List two. Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Administration 6. High-income suburbs were historically represented by ( WASP-dominated / multicultural ) communities, while one’s (ethnicity / religion / bank balance ) is more important in such suburbs today. (Choose one for each pair ) 7. Some gated communities are built as retirement communities where children and people aged under 55 years old are barred by community bylaws. What is the economic benefit of residents in such communities? No children means no schools, no schools means no school taxes, resulting in low property taxes 8. Which of the following statements is not true about characteristics of existing exurbanites? A. They are willing to pay new taxes to improve school systems and roads B. They are not country folk but urbane seekers of the American Dream C. They are often well-educated professionals D. They are urbanites living in the country and in rustic settings 9. Suburban poverty is evident as there were over 3 million more suburban poor than city poor as of 2017. For the poor, suburbia is not necessarily the ‘Promised Land’. Elaborate this notion in a sentence or two . Suburbia is not the ‘Promised Land’ for the poor because suburban areas tend to have less programs to diminish poverty. City areas have more programs to alleviate poverty and are likely a better fit for the poor.
10. Suburban diversity is increasing in the 21 st century. Between 2000 and 2006, the white population of large metro areas suburbs grew 7 percent. What were the percent growth for black, Asian, and Latino populations during the same period? (Fill in the blanks ) Black: 24% Asian: 16% Latino: 60%
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