Ch. 5 Urban Sprawl

Toronto's Official Plan allows growth to continue in what percentage of the city?

• A. 5 percent
• B. 25 percent
• C. 45 percent
• D. 75 percent
  

What mode of transportation allowed city workers to live in far away suburbs and commute to their jobs?

• A. streetcars
• B. horses
• C. cars
• D. trains
  

Why does urban sprawl continue in the United States and Canada?

• A. Land and building costs are cheaper in the rural fringe than in the urban core.
  
• B. Some people prefer suburban homes to city apartments.
  
• C. Many people don't like laws that limit where they can choose to live.
  
• D. all of the above
  

What is one benefit of a mixed-use development?

• A. Housing is kept far away from the noise and traffic of business districts.
• B. There is plentiful parking because the development is built around the need for cars.
  
• C. People can live, work, and shop in the same neighborhood.
  
• D. Housing density is lower, and there is plenty of land between homes.
  

What is a metropolitan area?

• A. a major city and its surrounding suburbs
  
• B. the downtown or central business district of a city
  
• C. a ring of suburbs surrounding a city's urban core
• D. the small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs
  

Which of the following is a statement that a person opposing urban growth might say?

• A. Homeowners in new developments pay taxes which help fund roads, schools, and other city services.
  
• B. Houses in the suburbs cost less and are better places to raise a family.
• C. People in new developments spend money on furnishings, which is good for local stores.
  
• D. Developing rural areas destroys habitats for plants and animals.

What kind of reasons do many people give to support urban growth?

• A. emotional
• B. economic
• C. health
• D. environmental

What resulted from Atlanta's commitment to building a regional public transit system?

• A. The city now meets Clean Air Act standards.
• B. Urban growth has slowed down dramatically.
  
• C. Residents of Atlanta are now in agreement about urban sprawl.
  
• D. The size of Atlanta is actually decreasing.

After violating the Clean Air Act, what did Atlanta do to improve air quality?

• A. It did nothing, and therefore it lost all of its federal highway funds.
• B. It cut pollution by creating a regional transportation system to get people out of their cars.
• C. It limited urban sprawl by denying all development permits for a period of 10 years.
• D. It created an urban growth boundary and limited development to the urban core.

How did Toronto address its problems with a rundown urban core in the 1960s?

• A. It largely abandoned the city center and focused on building sprawling suburbs.
  
• B. It ignored the problem because city planners could not reach a resolution.
  
• C. It demolished most downtown buildings and converted the area to a city park.
• D. It rebuilt its downtown through infill projects, including many skyscrapers.