Urban Development Quiz

Dallas, Texas is a massive city with millions of people living within a city. This makes it a

• Rural Community

• Metacity

• Urban Community

• Megacity

The above is an example of what concept

• Brownfields

• Squatter Settlements

• Blockbusting

• Gentrification

What is the term for banks refusing loans to urban areas that are deemed too risky for investment

• Brownfields

• Blockbusting

• Zones of Abandonment

• Redlining

What was a reason for early civilizations to thrive

• great farmland and close to rivers

• Good factories

• Great climate

• Job opportunities

Which of the following is a megacity?

• Population of 5 million people

• Population of 10 million people

• Population of 15 million people

• Population of 20 million people

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg area in NC forms a large urban area making it a

• Metropolitan

• Megacity

• Metacity

• Megalopolis

Identify which of the following are urban pull factors.

• Better jobs

• Amount of farmland

• Healthcare

• Pollution

Urban planning is best described by

• Accomplishing through local governments

• Imposing by states through regional standards

• Imposing by government through national standards

• Following rules and standards by organization

Which of the following is infrastructure?

• Roads

• Police Departments

• Income

• Pollution

Squatter settlements exist because

• People want to live their best life

• There’s no affordable housing

• Cities set aside land for squatters

• New migrants want to be isolated from others