2. "Cities and Uneven Economic Development" compares the trade and manufacturing of midland England, for example, versus the financial functions of what major cities?

3. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?

4. When was conservative icon Charles Murray born?

5. What does the author of "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" write advanced a democratic society, taking pressure off of different classes by giving them an area that they can all enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is questioned in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?

2. What are the benefits of public parks, according to Frederick Law Olmstead?

3. What did the authors of "Kinship and Community" find in interviews with the residents? What happened after they relocated?

4. What does Gerry Stoker define regime theory as in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

5. How has planning changed, according to Peter Hall in "The City of Theory"?

6. What does Oscar Lewis write about in the anthology? What are his theories?

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

8. What would the outer and inner city contain in "Urbanism as a Way of Life"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the lives, careers, and theories of the authors of "The Almost Perfect Town," "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" and "The City Image and Its Elements." How do these authors' views differ on urban development?