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Chapter 21 - Cities and Urban Spaces

The theorist who associated city life with the development of a blasé attitude was:
a) Tönnies
b) Simmel
c) Weber
d) Wirth
The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with:
a) Harvey
b) Molotch
c) Castells
d) Saunders
Who described urbanism as a way of life?
a) Park
b) Hawley
c) Wirth
d) Burgess
According to Castells, which of the following is a world city?
a) Frankfurt
b) Madrid
c) Buenos Aires
d) Moscow
According to Sassen, which of these is NOT a necessary trait of a global city?
a) they are centres of direction and policy-making for the global economy
b) they are visited by large numbers of tourists from across the world
c) they are the key locations for financial and specialized service firms
d) they are markets for the exchange of the products of financial services
Between 1800 and 1900, the population of New York grew from 60,000 to:
a) 842,000
b) 1.35 million
c) 2.6 million
d) 4.8 million
Urban recycling is shorthand for:
a) encouraging existing residents to move out of an area
b) introducing local environmental strategies to an area
c) the refurbishment or replacement of old buildings and land
d) providing incentives for urban dwellers to use public transport
Which of these cities is NOT forecast to have more than 10 million inhabitants by 2015?
a) Rio de Janiero
b) Bangalore
c) Beijing
d) Moscow
Which of these facts is NOT true about Mexico City?
a) there was a shortfall of 5.4 million homes in 1996
b) only 6% of the land is open space
c) the ozone level reached 398 points in 1992
d) living in the city is equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes a day
Which of these was NOT the scene of urban riots in the last twenty years
a) Brixton
b) Burnley
c) Bromley
d) Bradford

Anthony Giddens — Sociology, 5th Edition

Anthony Giddens • Sociology 5th Edition

Student Resources

Chapter 21 - Cities and Urban Spaces