Urban Social Geography (Life in Cities)

From: Overview of US Metropolitan Areas- Brookings

  1. Who defines the metropolitan areas in the US? What’s the definition?
  2. If you look at the 5 realities of living in US metropolitan areas, who has a tougher time getting by and who
    has an easier time?
    From: Life in Cities- Zukin
  3. What changes to urban life did Jane Jacobs bring with her activism?
  4. What do you think this quote means? “If authenticity is a state of mind, it’s historic, local, and cool. But if
    authenticity is a social right, it’s also poor, ethnic, and democratic.” (p. 26).
    From: Segregation in NA Cities
  5. What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary segregation?
  6. What is the state of racial and income segregation in US cities?
    From: Great Good Place (Oldenburg)
  7. Do you think it’s true that the average person is not interested in the community and it does nothing for
    them? Why or why not?
  8. Can you give me two examples of how today’s cities discourage the casual environment? Two examples of
    how they encourage it?

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