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Chapter Report #5
Name: Annalie Guzzo
GEOG/URBN 1200-001
The City in the Western Tradition
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All responses to the following questions must be derived from the course’s textbook. (No Internet sources) Type or
mark your responses in the space provided. Submit this sheet with your input via HuskyCT by due date/time.
Suburbanization and the Edge City
1.
With the development of the electrified trolley or streetcar, how many miles were the outer edge of the city
stretched from the city center?
They spread rapidly and in a matter of 20 years had stretched the outer edge of the city from 2 miles
to at least 6 miles and sometimes even farther from the city center.
2.
The post and beam construction was common in the (Midwest / South /
New England
) region as colonial
era homes, while balloon frame construction was first developed in the (
Midwest
/ South / New England)
region. (Choose one for each pair)
3.
A metropolitan area is ‘a term meant to include both the older
central city
and the newer
suburbs
connected to it.’ (Fill in the blanks)
4.
Give an example of conurbation from the Midwestern region of the U.S. in the text.
In some instances, one metropolitan area began to overlap with another. Sometimes this involved
cities that were relatively close, like Dallas and Fort Worth in Texas.
5.
The U.S. megalopolis extends over more than 600 miles from southern
New Hampshire
to northern
Virginia
. (Fill in the blanks with state names)
6.
On p.127 of the text, what does it mean by a sector? Choose two from the following that best describe this
term.
(
Neighborhood
/ Urban Economy / Metropolis /
District
/ Edge City)
7.
The authors of the text believe that due to the onset of the COVDI-19 people do not prefer to work, live,
and play together in groups, thus dispersed settlements will replace the formation and some form of cities.
(Choose: True /
False
)
8.
According to Kenneth T. Jackson, (Leo Daft / Thomas Edison /
Frank Julian Sprague
) is regarded as the
“father of electric traction.” (Choose one)
9.
According to Kenneth T. Jackson, ‘Part of the balloon frame’s success lay in its generous use of the
machine nail
, forever banishing complicated
mortise-and-tenon
joints.’ (Fill in the blanks)
10.
According to Joel Garrean, what is the example of a new Edge City in the Atlanta area? Describe it briefly.
The Perimeter Center area, at the northern tip of Atlanta’s Beltway, that is larger than downtown
Atlanta
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