unit 5 terms

Question 1

indutrialization

Answer 1

process of economic and political change

• shifts centers of economic activity
• two shifts: agricultural and industrial, rural to urban

Question 2

city

Answer 2

o Relatively dense settlement
o People do not grow food there
o 1st large city developed in Mesoptamia
 4000 BCE, pop = 25 000
o Approx 200 years ago = 5% of pop in cities

Question 3

tarahumara

Answer 3

mexico’s copper canyons, live in very remote areas

Question 4

deindustrialization

Answer 4

become too big and cannot support structures

Question 5

innovation

Answer 5

intro of something new, new idea device or method, used in invention

Question 6

most educated country

Answer 6

Canada

Question 7

central place theory model

Answer 7

o Walter Christaller
o 1933 Germany
o Relationships between urban areas and hinterlands and the range that cities need to maintain their size

Question 8

hinterland

Answer 8

Surrounding area served by urban center

 Literally = country behind

Question 9

range

Answer 9

= Distance people are willing to travel to buy something
 Cola = not far
 Rolls Royce = far

Question 10

threshhold of product

Answer 10

 Minimum number of customers needed for it to succeed
 Soda = less people and less range = smaller area
 Rolls Royce = needs more people as potential clients + large
 Range = larger area
 IKEA = Number of people in area
 Tim’s = amount of sales
o Assumed uniform topography, equal transport
o Model

Question 11

concentric zone model

Answer 11

o 5 land use rings arranged around common centre

Question 12

multiple nuclei

Answer 12

o Mid-20th century city

o Several land-use zones arranged around nuclear growth points

Question 13

sector

Answer 13

o Land use areas conform to wedge shaped pattern focused on downtown core
o Wedges along roads, rails

Question 14

frank lloyd wright

Answer 14

o 1867-1959
o Greatest American architect
o Though architect could be transformative
o Aesthetic that would enhance society’s well being
o Thought cities were cramped, crowded, poorly designed, built with no sense of design

Question 15

broadacre city

Answer 15

 Utopian plan for the perfect community
 Rejected American cities
 Cities would not be:
 Centralized, bound to CBD, bound to pedestrian
 Automobile focused
 Open spaces
 Architect as master controller
 Each family would get an acre of land
 Residential between commerce, industry, parks, ag

Question 16

self storage faciities

Answer 16

o	Cdn + American philosophy 
o	US = 2.3 billion square feet 
	>7 square feet for American 
o	48 500 US facilities 
o	12 000 rest of the world (-China) 
o	$27.2 billion US (2012)

Question 17

world cities

Answer 17

o Alpha cities
o Form part of a global urban network
o Linked more efficiently internationally than locally
o Control points for global capital, government, culture
o 24: Toronto, Montreal, NYC, LA

Question 18

alpha cities

Answer 18

o Linked more efficiently internationally than locally
o Control points for global capital, government, culture
o 24: Toronto, Montreal, NYC, LA

Question 19

urban heat island

Answer 19

o Central city appears as island of higher temps on a surrounding plain of more uniform lower temps
o Why:
o No plant evaporation
o Concrete

Question 20

death of shopping malls

Answer 20

o Problems:
o Power centers = large outdoor mall
o E-commerce
o Aging infrastructure

Question 21

power centers

Answer 21

large outdoor mall

Question 22

big box problems

Answer 22

 Target
 Future Shop
 Office Depot

Question 23

venice

Answer 23

o	78 massive gates on ocean floor 
o	Rise to make temporary sea wall 
o	Keep out water 
o	Locals moving out 
o	Tourists outnumber Venetians 600-1

Question 24

nail houses

Answer 24

o	Individuals vs city progress 
o	China 
o	People refuse to move 
o	Nail that refuses to be hammered 
o	Do not take compensation

Question 25

urban sprawl

Answer 25

( idek )

Question 26

housing first

Answer 26

o Utah 2005 o Fix chronic homelessness o Approach was to make homeless housing ready o 1st: Into shelters/halfway houses o 2nd: Treatment o 3rd: Permanent housing if progress o Housing first = give permanent house first o Saved government money o Shelters, ER visits, ambulances, police $ was high

Question 27

squareone village

Answer 27

``` o Eugene Oregon o Create self-managed communities of low-cost tiny houses for those in need o Goals: o Bridging the gap: unhorsed to housed o Community building o Small foot print ```

Question 28

silicon valley

Answer 28

one of wealthiest areas

Question 29

american middle clas

Answer 29

lower in silicon valley

Question 30

stress of child poverty

Answer 30

o Stress of child poverty alters brain o Prolonged stress = higher cortisol and other hormones = prevent and weaken formation of synapses in brain o 1 in 20 US kids live on less than $2 per day

Question 31

the jungle

Answer 31

```  Tent city o Solutions o Expand housing subsides o Raise minimum wage o Strong early education and child care o Give poor families and chance --> aid ```

Question 32

london

Answer 32

``` bikes=24% of central rush-hour traffic o Planned paths on: o Train tracks o Floated along Thames o Subway tunnels not used anymore ```

Question 33

NYC

Answer 33

o Abandoned elevated rail line o >300 000 live within a mile of it o Only 0.2 acres of park per 1000 residents

Question 34

whittier, alaska

Answer 34

o One town in one building o 14 stories o 220 people o Hospital, school, government, housing, stores