Although gentrification can revitalize cities by rehabilitating residential areas, which of the following problems can be explained by the type of building renovations shown in the before and after images?
Higher rents causing displacement of existing residents
The image shows a squatter settlement at the edge of a city in South Africa. What information regarding causes and effects does the image convey?
The image shows the living conditions of people in the squatter settlement, who are unable to acquire permanent housing within the city.
As migrants from rural areas continue to move to cities for jobs, cities face a variety of economic and social challenges. Which of the following economic or social challenges is best illustrated by the photograph shown of Mumbai, India?
There is a significant income gap between residents on the periphery of the city and residents in the city center.
New Urbanism is an example of sustainable urban development. This type of development is intended to
reduce the miles driven on personal vehicles
Which of the following exemplifies a smart-growth approach to urban planning?
Creation of walkable neighborhoods with mixed-use land and access to public transportation
The model above represents zones that are present in many American cities. Which of the following design concepts of urban development is likely to have the most significant impact on the reduction of urban sprawl?
Mixed-use land development in zone 5 of the model
Which of the following best explains why New York City has more specialized stores than do smaller urban places in the United States?
Central place theory
Which of the following is a general theory in geography that can be used to quantify and predict the interaction between two cities based on population sizes, distance between the places, the number of migrants moving from one place to the other, or the flow of trade goods between the two locations?
Gravity model
According to the rank-size rule, which of the following is typically true of higher-order services, such as hospitals with a large number of medical specialties?
They have larger ranges and thresholds.
The satellite images show changes to a portion of the Louisiana coast between 1984 and 2017. The table shows the changes in land acreage. Which of the following best describes the changes and a consequence of the changes?
An increase in the acreage of coastal land, which will be added to navigational charts for shipping
The maps show residential neighborhoods in the Republic of Singapore. Which of the following individuals or organizations would be most likely to make a decision based on the spatial pattern shown on the maps?
A government agency seeking to promote equal opportunities across ethnicities
An international company is looking to expand its network of factories, which use labor-intensive production methods, in a region of the world experiencing significant growth in the working-age population. Based on the data in the table, which of the following regions should the company choose?
Sub-Saharan Africa, which will have the fastest working-age growth rate among world regions from 2015 to 2030