Arts and Humanities Questions

The new urbanism tries to ________. provide low-cost, long-distance, mass transit systems use tiered taxation to maintain inner cities as vibrant, livable communities develop walkable communities, with homes and businesses close together use zoning to keep small neighborhoods intact keep business in a central location, near transportation centers

Oregon's strong policy of enforcing UGB's (urban growth boundaries) to create livable cities has been exemplary for many years, but between 2004 and 2007, voters ________. voiced their desire to have a state as populous as neighboring California passed legislation forbidding the construction of any new single-family homes passed a bill promoting unregulated development everywhere in the state passed a bill giving property owners the right to ignore UGB's have gone further by passing a bill capping population in all major cities

Which of the following is true regarding zoning laws? They usually encourage sustainability. They usually discourage sprawl. They usually encourage sprawl. They have been outlawed in most cities.

Which of the following approaches best helps congested cities deal with the problems related to transportation? double-deck all roads and have more limited-access expressways provide access to rail and bus transportation in the inner city or other high-density areas make the city transportation "bus only" build more roads

Which of the following types of transportation consumes the most energy (in BTU per passenger mile)? heavy rail commuter rail automobiles bus

What type of specialists have the job of advising policy makers on development, transportation, and parks? economists ecologists city planners oil companies

L'Enfant's 1791 Plan of the U.S. capital represented the first ________. thorough city planning program effort to design a freeway attempt to address biodiversity concerns effort to plan for agriculture in city areas effort to address urban sprawl

Gasoline prices have doubled in a large Midwestern city and may continue to rise in the future. What may happen in this situation? People who live in the suburbs will want larger vehicles to drive. Some people who live in the suburbs will search for new places to live closer to where they work. People who live in the suburbs may press local politicians and city planners to develop better mass transit for the area. People who live in the suburbs will become active supporters of increased mass transit options. B, C, and D may all take place in this situation.

Which of the following occupations is tasked with designing cities in such a way as to maximize their efficiency, functionality, and beauty? city planner ecologist member of the zoning commission regional planner

The role of zoning is to ________. promote urbanization integrate agriculture with urban land use run city governments like the federal government classify areas for different types of urban development and land use promote taxation according to land use

American cities in the northern United States, such as Chicago, Illinois, ________. have increased their rate of growth dramatically in the past 20 years had their greatest populations in the 19th and early 20th centuries have maintained a steady state population since the 1970s have steadily lost population over the past 40 years have always grown rapidly and continue to do so

What is sprawl? The spread of sustainable urban or suburban development outward from an urban center. The spread of high-density urban or suburban development outward from an urban center. The spread of random urban or suburban development outward from an urban center. The spread of low-density urban or suburban development outward from an urban center.

Which of the following follows the philosophy of "building up, not out"? sprawl unbridled growth smart growth subdivisions

From the 1950s-1990s, many cities experienced a loss in population as people left for the suburbs. Which one of the following is NOT a factor that led to this migration? Government subsidies built highways, making commuting from the suburbs into the cities easier. People sought out the better public transportation options present in the suburbs. Cities experienced a rise in unemployment and crime. People liked the room and privacy of the larger houses and lots in the suburbs.

One of the things that contribute to sprawl is ________. the steadily increasing prices for gasoline developer's fees the steady state of human populations zoning the trend toward increasing land area per capita

Which of the following was most influential in shifting the population of developed countries from the farms to the cities? light rail systems more farmland available per capita Catholicism industrialization

What are smaller communities that surround cities called? highways urban growth boundaries towns suburbs

The world's urban populations are ________. shrinking in developed nations growing faster than the population as a whole growing most rapidly in the developed nations growing at about the same rate as the rural populations shrinking, compared to rural populations

The ________ drives the move to the suburbs from cities. concern over demographic transitions desire to live in less stressful, more peaceful park-like conditions desire for close-knit communities availability of more jobs in suburbs desire to have a garden

Which of the following would be characteristic of sprawl? a few single-family dwellings near the edge of an enormous forest, adjacent to some cabbage farms and a small town situated 15 miles to the north a state university surrounded by miles and miles of businesses and dwellings housed in large multi-story structures widely spaced homes spread evenly across a vast tract of land an empty, ruined temple surrounded by nothing but grasslands and herds of wild animals