The City Reader Test | Final Test - Hard

Richard T. LeGates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The City Reader Test | Final Test - Hard

Richard T. LeGates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the authors of "Cities and Uneven Economic Development"?

2. Who is the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?

3. Who is the author of "The Black Underclass"?

4. What kind of streets does the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" argue have reduced urban overcrowding?

5. When were "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves" first published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is detailed in "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan"?

2. What does John Kasarda concluted in "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch"?

3. What picture of the urban poor is depicted in "The Black Underclass"?

4. Where does the study take place in "Kinship and Community"? Who conducted it?

5. What is discussed and proposed in "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?

6. What ideas do Frank S. So and Judith Getzel present in the anthology?

7. What questions are posed in John Mollenkopf's "How to Study Urban Political Power"?

8. What does Ebenezer Howard propose for urban developers? Which articles are his?

9. What case studies are presented in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

10. What does Patrick Geddes describe in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss authors Mike Davis, Allan Jacobs and Donald Appleyard, examining the biography, career, and theories of each. How are these concepts reflected in "Fortress L.A." and "Toward an Urban Design Manifesto"?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the ideas in "Nature in the Metropolis" and "What Would a Non-Sexist City Be Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work." How do the goals of these articles relate to one another?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of the Industrial Revolution on urbanization and how this relates to Davis' S curve theory. Where is our civilization today in Davis' model?

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