Exam 3
Among the techniques that are being used to make Indian cities safer for women are:
All
Only two cities are found in which one of the following categories of the World Cities Index as defined by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network?
Alpha++
From now into the foreseeable future, the world's three largest urban agglomerations will be located on what continent?
Asia
Which one of the following is not true of Southeast Asia's geographic pattern of urbanization?
Cambodia is one of the most urbanized countries
"A garden city built around a large lake, with a central focus on a parliamentary triangle and satellite suburbs with town centers of their own." This statement describes:
Canberra
The number one greenhouse-gas-emitting country in the world is also home to nearly one-third of the world's electric vehicles. What is this country?
China
approximately 75% of Singapore's population is:
Chinese
The U.N. uses the population of the entire urban agglomeration to define a metacity. What are the metacities of South Asia?
Delhi, Dhaka, and Mumbai
In Tokyo, nearly one quarter of all trips are made by walking. What is a major reason for Tokyo's pedestrian-friendly character?
Dense mixed-use neighborhoods make walking an efficient
Varanasi in the north and Madurai in the south are pilgrimage cities for:
Hindus.
Which East Asian city has the highest housing prices in the world?
Hong Kong
Which one of the following does not occupy one of the vertices of India's Golden Quadrilateral?
Hyderabad
An informal sign in front of the Australian Parliament reads: "Autonomy / Self Determination Equality / Land Rights / Sovereignty." What group erected this sign?
Indigenous Australians
What river valley in South Asia served as one of the world's urban culture hearths and a cradle of civilization?
Indus River valley
Because both India and Malaysia were part of the British Empire in the 1800s, the British brought many Tamils to Kuala Lumpur. What has happened to their Bricktown neighborhood?
It has been gentrified, but still exudes a strong Indian sense of place
Which one of the following is not true of Southeast Asia's growing middle class?
It has resisted suburbanization.
Hong Kong's geographic location was attractive to the British in the 1840s when they gained total control of the city. What made the site of Hong Kong's so desirable?
It offered a large natural harbor (Victoria Harbor)
What was the foremost transformative influence on the cities of Taipei and Seoul during the early 20th century?
Japanese imperialism
The Petronas Twin Towers, symbol of the competition to have the tallest building in the world, is located in:
Kuala Lumpur
The new high-technology city of Cyberjaya anchors the "Silicon Valley of the East." In what country is this formally-named Multimedia Super Corridor?
Malaysia
Singapore's extended metropolitan region (EMR) takes the form of an "expanding city-state" which now stretches well into the territory of:
Malaysia and Indonesia.
What city evolved around the Intramuros and became the command and control center of the Spanish galleon trade which ranged between Asia and Mexico?
Manila
In the first decade of the 21st century, the leaders of what country relocated its national capital to the town of Pyinmana where they built a new seat of government named Naypyidaw?
Myanmar (Burma)
Manila is to Spain as Jakarta is to:
Netherlands (Holland)
Osaka's early 20th century title, "Manchester of the Orient," referred to:
Osaka's extensive textile, metal, and machine industries
In South Asia, what country has a dominant northern city and a dominant southern city, but not a well-balanced urban hierarchy?
Pakistan
Taipei 101 once ranked as the tallest building in the world. Now, it is not even in the top 40. What country now accounts for more of the world's ten tallest buildings than any other?
People's Republic of China
In 1511, the era of European colonialism in Southeast Asia began when a fleet from what country arrived in Malacca's harbor?
Portugal
In the 21st century, satellite cities have been planned and developed in many countries of Southeast Asia. Who is largely responsible for their development?
Private companies from Southeast Asia and abroad
Taipei 101 once ranked as the tallest building in the world. Now, it is not even in the top 40. What country now accounts for more of the world's ten tallest building than any other?
Prople's republic of China
Shanghai's special development zone, located across the river from the old downtown, began in 1990 and was designed to attract foreign capital. What is its name?
Pudong New Area
The premier passage through the island‑studded seas of Southeast Asia is the Strait of Malacca. In what country is the port that dominates that strait today?
Republic of Singapore
Cheonggyecheon Stream was buried under a new highway. In 2003, it was brought back to the surface and now provides a setting for events such as the lantern festival. Which city has used Cheonggyecheon to help meet its "green" objectives?
Seoul
The Cheonggyecheon reclamation was a major urban greening project that transformed the landscape of:
Seoul
With respect to urban primacy:
Seoul's dominance makes it difficult for smaller cities to grow
A multinational firm would be least likely to choose which of these cities for labor-intensive product assembly and packaging?
Singapore
What Southeast Asian city is most competitive with Tokyo and Hong Kong as a banking center and nexus of globalization?
Singapore
Which one of these statements is not true about Australia and New Zealand?
Suburbanization has only recently become a major trend.
The two most populous cities in Australia are:
Sydney and Melbourne
What countries of Southeast Asia have the highest levels of urban primacy?
Thailand and the Philippines
What is the name of the New York City park that has taken over an old railroad corridor and is now a sanctuary for native trees and health-conscious walkers?
The High Line
The most populous urban agglomeration in East Asia is also the most populous in the world. What is it?
Tokyo
the cities of what country on the following list are likely to be the most severely affected by global warming?
Tuvalu
All of the following are capital cities. Which one would not be classified as the capital of a country in the Global South?
Wellington
Of the following cities, which one was targeted by China's pro-development Go-West policy but is now emerging as a showcase for environmental preservation?
Xining
In Japan, a new system of cities emerged during the Tokugawa era as the shogun ectended control over all of Japan. Cities of this period were dominated by:
a castle fortress
Recent housing construction in the center of Tokyo has been influenced in part by:
a drop in land prices in the city center
China calls the system hukou. What is it?
a household registration system that often limits rural-to-urban migrants' access to services and rights
Late in the 20th century, major change came to the Indian economy as a result of many factors including:
abolishing the old "License Raj."
After the Korean War, Pyongyang:
adopted the Soviet concept of the micro-district as a model of urban development
The capital cities of the PRC, South Korea, and Japan have:
all
Which of the following phenomena refers to a climate-change issue faced by East Asian cities?
all
Metro Manilla includes Quezon City, where you would find:
all of the above.
which one of the following applies to sacred cities rather than market cities in Southeast Asia?
built on the agricultural productivity of rural hinterlands
Railroads were initially built in Australia to connect:
each coastal city with its hinterland.
After the Communist Party won control in 1949, Chinese cities were planned around danwei. Which of the following best defines danwei?
employment centers surrounded by housing and other services
One of the strtegies Beijing has tried in order to deal with an aging population is:
encouraging elderly residents to move from Beijing into the hinterlands
Colonial European powers revised the population geography of Southeast Asia cities by:
encouraging the importation of Chinese and sometimes Indian workers.
The neoliberal city is a more:
entrepreneurial city
Among other things, China's Belt and Road Initiative is:
exporting Chinese-styled planning and urban development across Asia and Africa
Of the following technologies, which one raises the specter of the city as a new form of Jeremy Bentham's panopticon?
eye recognition systems
All of the following are among Tokyo's climate preparation or mitigation initiatives except:
forbidding the use of any underground or ground-level stories in costal buildings
As compared to capitalist cities, which one of the following was common in socialist cities as they existed in Vietnam prior to the beginning of doi moi?
government-run hotels, restaurants, and shops
What name is sometimes used to refer to buildings that maximize floorspace horizontally in order to accommodate interoffice connectivity?
groundscrapers
Bangkok:
has been steadily sinking as a result of ground water withdrawals.
Bankok:
has been stradily sinking as a result of ground water withdrawals.
Although Indonesian flavors have taken hold of Amsterdam's taste buds, which traditional Dutch food remains popular?
herring
Makati has evolved from a market village to Manila's financial district. What architectural form dominates Makati today?
high-rise buildings
Which one of the following has spurred massive urban change and redevelopment in both Beijing and Tokyo?
hosting of Summer Olympic Games
H.G. Wells' A Modern Utopia and Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward were utopian tracts written during times of upheaval:
in the industrial economy.
One of the recent economic challenges faced by Hong Kong has been:
increased competition from other chinese cities, such as shanghai and guangzhou
Bangkok's 20th century growth surge originated with:
investment brought about by U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Osaka:
is re-branding itself as an international destination by hosting such events the 2019 G7 Summit and the 2025 World Expo
Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia are:
island-studded regions of the southwest Pacific.
Housing shortages in Manila are exacerbated by land scarcity. Which one of the following makes land scarcity seem like an artificial reason for housing shortages?
large tracts of vacant land in the central city
In McGee's original model of city structure, what land use tends to occupy the periphery of Southeast Asian cities?
market gardening zones
In Indonesia and the Philippines, a significant element of the economy is tied to remittances. What are remittances?
money sent home by people who work abroad
One of the criticisms aimed at Beijing's urban transformation has been the development of "image projects." Image projects are best defined as:
monumental architecture projects that often displace residents
Binondo is the heart of Chinatown; Tondo is a densely-populated and impoverished district; Emita is a fishing village-cum-tourist enclave; and Makati is a district of expensive suburban housing. These locations within Manila are evidence of the:
multiple nuclei model of urban land use.
The earliest European settlements in Australia began as:
penal colonies.
Although it has been legally abolished, caste remains a fact of life in Indian cities. Which one of the following presents the traditional castes from highest to lowest?
priests, warriors, business people, laborers
Which category of new settlements was not among those introduced by European colonial powers to the urban network of Southeast Asia?
religious pilgrimage towns such as Ipoh
The greenbelt in Seoul refers to a:
ring of green space designed to limit the spatial growth of the expanding city
Water for a thirsty Singapore comes from all of the following except:
rivers and natural lakes
Kuala Lumpur means "muddy confluence." The city is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers. This is a description of Kuala Lumpur's:
site
Gentrification and the New Urbanism are often criticized because they foster:
social exclusion.
Many of the new developments on the outskirts of Manila are taking the place of former:
sugar cane plantations
T.G. McGee, in reference to Southeast Asia, coined the word desakota to describe the process by which:
territory near a metropolitan core is incorporated into the urban economy without the necessity for cityward migration.
What event triggered a major upsurge in the rhetoric of urban terror, thus precipitating massive changes in the way contemporary cities protect their citizens and their investments?
the attacks on the Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro are:
the earliest cities of the Indian sub-continent
The capital cities of the Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand are also:
the most populous cites in Southeast Asia.
Which of the following is not among the challenges facing Southeast Asian cities?
the negative impact of globalization on jobs
What group of cities in South Asia has been expanding in population the most?
the six megacities
Treaty ports in 19th and 20th century East Asia were:
urban enclaves commonly ceded to foreign powers in peace treaties
Tokyo's population size and economic dominance in Japan, often at the cost of other Japanese cities, is an example of problems caused by:
urban primacy
Around half of all municipalities in Japan are at risk of disappearing because:
young people are migrating to Tokyo, causing peripheral cities to shrink
