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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. When was "How to Study Urban Political Power" first published?

2. What did Ebenezer Howard call the central area in his Utopian cities in "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet"?

3. When was "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America" first published?

4. When was Patrick Geddes born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What plans and theories are presented in "A Contemporary City"?

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

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

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

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

7. What three possible city plans are presented in "Urbanism as a Way of Life"?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the careers and theories of H.D.F. Kitto and Henri Pirenne and the works "The Polis," "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization." How do Kitto's and Pirenne's visions differ?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the changes and developments in urbanization through the Middle Ages as described in "The Urbanization of the Human Population." Who is the author of this work?

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