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THE ISSUES
THE ISSUES
What is the main negative impact of gentrification?
displacement of current residents
All of the parking lots in the US together cover about the same amount of land area as _______________________.
West Virginia
What is a BRT system?
Bus Rapid Transit
bus has its own lane
What is seppuku?
Japanese ritual suicide
What is a toponym?
very sprawled
no zoning laws
frequent flooding
How much does the average American pay per year to own a car?
$10,000
Name the new urbanistic principle that involves buildings with housing over businesses.
mixed-land use
What is the difference between environmental determinism and possibilism?
environmental determinism - environment shapes culture
possibilism - people shape culture, despite environment
Name the example of ethnocentrism that was given in class.
the US using the imperial system
List at least THREE issues associated with sprawl.
laying concrete over natural ecosystems and potential farmland
car dependency (bad for health, environment, etc.)
expensive (tons of extra infrastructure)
Name Houston's 26-lane road.
Katy Highway
Who is considered to be the "greatest urban mind of the 20th century"?
Jane Jacobs
List at least THREE behaviors of the rats that Calhoun observed in his experiment, Population Density and Pathology.
social isolation
murder
homosexuality
female empowerment
cannibalism
Name the THREE types of acculturation.
forced, reluctant, voluntary
List the TWO main reasons for why sprawl increased so much over time, specifically in the US.
interstate highway system
car companies scrapping public transit
Canadian metropolitan areas have about ______ as many miles of highway lanes as American metropolitan areas.
1/4
Name the old monorail that was repurposed into a communal green space in NYC.
Highline Park
What is the difference between the Maglev and the Shinkansen?
Shinkansen - highspeed train in Japan
Maglev - highspeed train, mostly in China, powered by magnets
What is the difference between pidgin and creoles?
pidgin - words
creole - whole language made from so much pidgin
List the FIVE reasons for why more lanes does NOT equal less traffic.
traffic is a natural deterrent
bottleneck effect
traffic waves
more construction
more accidents
What is the difference between the People Mover and the QLine?
QLine - Detroit's streetcar
People Mover - Detroit's monorail
What is Simmel's main argument in "The Metropolis and Mental Life"?
city living is too intense because of constant overstimulation, so it leaves us blase
In the US, there is a guilt culture and an individualistic culture. How does this compare to Japan?
Japan has a shame culture and a collectivist culture
How are the Amish able to maintain their unique culture?
Rumspringa
period of experimentation
weed out the weak