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Chapter Report #6
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 Its Effects on Cities
1.
Between 1944 and 1954, when the original GI Bill programs ended, 2.4 million former servicemen had
taken advantage of these loans. Describe their moving patterns with the loans.
They moved out of urban apartments into suburban homes.
2.
According to Jane Jacobs, what are the two processes that would likely occur to cities due to too much
dependence on private automobiles and city concentration of use?
(1)
erosion of cities by automobiles
(2)
attrition of automobiles by cities
3.
In the U.S., redlining and restrictive covenant were practices that were both institutionalized by the Federal
Government. (Choose:
True
/ False)
4.
The authors of the text believe that some cities have never fully recovered from the 1968 race riots that
broke out across the U.S. What are the two cities mentioned in the text?
Baltimore and Newark
5.
In residential neighborhoods, (
income
/ age / lifestyle / value / race) is a factor proven to be relatively easy
to achieve segregation, while Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions can no longer include (income / age /
lifestyle / value /
race
) as a restricting factor for people to live. (Choose one for each pair).
6.
The concept of a gated community with walls and security guards has a concept similar to a Roman
(catacomb /
castrum
/ forum). (Choose one)
7.
What federal law effectively privatized around 10% of all land in the U.S. in the late 19
th
and early 20
th
centuries?
Homestead Act of 1862
8.
How does sprawl increase pollution in rivers and estuaries?
The large amounts of paved surface required to connect these expansive areas causes rainfall to run
off into storm water systems rather than filter through the ground and thus increases pollution in
rivers and estuaries.
9.
How are Beijing and Shanghai exemplified by the Western idea of suburbia exported there?
One example is the master-planned communities designed to mimic Spanish or Italian architecture
which have been built on the outskirts of Beijing and Shanghai.
10.
According to Duany, Plater-Zyberk, and Speck, suburban residents spend a (
large
/ small) amount of time
and money to move from one place to another because the five components of sprawl are strictly
(
segregated
/ integrated) each other. (Choose one for each pair)
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