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Category: Population and the Environment
The final stage in demographic transition is marked by_______________?
A. high birthrates and death rates
B. high birthrates and low death rates
C. low birthrates and high death rates
D. low birthrates and low death rates
The ____ is the increase or decrease that results from immigration or emigration per 1000 member of the population in a given year ?
A. emigration rate
B. growth rate
C. immigration rate
D. net migration rate
Which of the following did NOT restrict the size of postindustrial cities ?
A. the clash of values and culture of people who came together
B. poor transportation
C. difficulty securing large areas from outside threats
D. Sewage-polluted water supplies
How did the Brundtland Commission (1987) define sustainable development ?
A. development that protects the environment for future generations even at the expense of the present generation
B. development which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
C. a type of development which put the interests of developing countries ahead of the interests of the rich nations
D. development that is capable of maintaining sustainable economic growth for all countries of the world
According to Gerald Suttles a gated community would be an example of a(n)_____________?
A. edge city
B. defended neighborhood
C. urban enclave
D. ethnic village
Which group of sociologists note that developers’ bankers and other powerful real estate interests view housing as an investment and are primarily concerned with maximizing profit not with solving social problems?
A. urban ecologists
B. new urban sociologist
C. functionalists
D. human ecologists
Of the following nations life expectancy at birth is highest in______________?
A. Japan
B. USA
C. Gambia
D. unknown
Herbert Gans called urban residents who prefer to live in their own tight-knit communities ?
A. cosmopolites
B. ethnic villagers
C. the trapped
D. gentrifies
Urban gentrification is an example of____________?
A. segregation
B. invasion
C. redlining
D. none of these
Urbanization in preindustrial cities was restricted by_____________?
A. reliance on animal power as a source of energy
B. the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector
C. the ease of migration to the city
D. all of the above
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