GEOG 9A
Elevating highways to build public space beneath them has been proposed in the Overtown section of Miami, FL in order to redress negative impacts from Interstates 395 and 5.
T
High tech workers in the San Francisco Bay area have pushed rents and home prices very high in recent years, much like Amazon has done to home and rent prices in Seattle.
T
In Minneapolis, a land-bridge reconnection of two divided sections of the black Rondo neighborhood has been proposed as a possible solution to racist transportation policies.
T
Increased homelessness is another negative impact from NIMBYism (not in my back year) and its effect on housing supply.
T
Proponents of SB-9 in California cited a racist history of exclusionary housing as to why single family zoning needed to be eliminated.
T
While NIMBYism (Not in My Backyard) has been instrumental in keeping the supply of affordable housing low, it does make some sense as far as reducing traffic and other impacts associated with more people living in a community.
T
Which of the following government agencies has NOT been guilty of deliberate discrimination against black home purchasers?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
What did California State Bill - 9 (SB-9) mandate for developers in order to reduce real estate speculation?
live on site
A food desert occurs when residents are at least ____ mile from nearest urban grocery or ___ miles from a rural grocery
.5-10
New York has _____ percent of its citizens living in food deserts.
1%
What percentage of Americans were food insecure at some point in 2020?
12.3%
The total burden to society from food insecurity totals about ___________ _______________ dollars annually.
167.5 bil
When did redlining start in the United States?
1934
When did the Fair Housing Act outlaw the practice or redlining?
1968
African-Americans suffer food insecurity at ____ the rate of whites.
2x
What percent of Americans can afford to buy a home in the area they live?
54
What percentage of stores on Milwaukee's near west side have fresh vegetable and fruits for sale?
54%
What percent of Americans live in an EXTREME food desert?
6%
What company is most responsible for dramatically increased home and rental prices in the Seattle area over the last ten years?
Amazon
Robert Bullard, father of environmental justice, calls projects like the toll bridge over the Mobile River near Africatown an example of Infrastructure __________________.
Apartheid
A study in London found that food deserts were a big problem in 1961, but at least it had decreased over time as fewer people lived in food deserts in recent years.
F
A study of public meetings in San Francisco where zoning was debated found that there was a large variety of stakeholders attending and commenting, from poor minorities to wealthier whites.
F
Despite the problems of food insecurity, the good news is that the gap in food insecurity between blacks and whites has been reduced over the past 20 years.
F
Dollar Stores and Convenience Stores will qualify as grocery stores and will keep an area from being declared a food desert
F
Progressive cities such as Seattle and San Francisco are more likely to reject NYMBY (not in my back yard) because they are more welcoming to newcomers due to the political make-up of their voters.
F
White covenants, while unfair, have NOT had much of an impact on the wealth gap between blacks and whites because homes are a small component of a middle-class family's wealth
F
Which of the following neighborhoods was NOT studied by the Rice Institute for Urban studies for the negative impact that interstate highways have on these black communities?
Georgetown
Which of the following cities has the highest percentage of its citizens living in food desert?
Memphis, TN
Which city in the United States has banned all single family zoning within its borders, the most ambitious change to zoning for housing of any city in the nation?
Minneapolis
For urban residents, to be living in an EXTREME food desert the nearest large grocery store must be at least __________miles away from your home.
Not 3 Not 8
All of the cities below except for one have less than 1 percent of their population living in a food desert. Which city is the one with MORE than 1 percent (way more) living in a food desert?
Riverside, CA
How are the zoning changes enacted by Seattle in 2019 different than the zoning changes Minneapolis made last year?
Seattle only re-zoned 27 neightborhoods
Because many residents of Africatown do not own cars, the increased pollution from truck traffic coming through to avoid the tolls on the new bridge, are an even greater argument that environmental injustice is occurring here.
T
Why will the new toll bridge over the Mobile River cause more problems for residents living in Africatown?
Trucks will cut through the neighborhood when they avoid the tolls on the bridge
Black Communities walled off by river parkways and other urban renewal projects, such as those in Chattanooga, are known as ____________ _______________.
border vacuums
Which of the following came up with the idea of white covenants?
real-estate developers
The median wealth for black families in the United States is one_________ that of white families.
eighth
What is being proposed in New Orleans in order to reconnect the Claiborne neighborhood?
tear down highway and build boulevard
