Which argument have postmodernist writers made?
Correct answer B. We live in a world of superficial, fragmented images
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On what principle is the market model of state welfare based?
Correct answer A. Individuals buying welfare privately, with some means-tested benefits
What does the term ‘crisis of the 1970s’ refer to?
Correct answer D. Declining profits and rising unemployment
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Who wrote ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life’ (1903)?
Correct answer C. Georg Simmel
Which city was forecast to be the world’s largest megacity in 2025?
Correct answer D. Tokyo
Why does Mike Davis (1990) call Los Angeles a ‘city of quartz’?
Correct answer C. It has been hardened against the poor
What is urban recycling?
Correct answer C. Refurbishing old buildings and finding new uses for previously used land
With which writer is the concept of collective consumption most closely associated?
Correct answer C. Castells
Which sociologist described urbanism as a way of life?
Correct answer B. Wirth
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Which of these is not a reason for faster urban growth in developing countries?
Correct answer C. Living in closely connected settlements is a social feature common in developing countries
Which of these is not one of Fulcher and Scott’s criteria of community?
Correct answer D. A fixed geographical location
What did the ecological approach to urban sociology study?
Correct answer D. How social groups colonised different areas of the city and competed for resources
Which of these is not identified as a new form of community?
Correct answer B. Sociological communities formed by unpopular lectures
What has cultural restructuring of cities involved?
Correct answer D. All of the above
In which year did the world’s urban population first exceed its rural population?
Correct answer B. 2007
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What is gentrification?
Correct answer B. Renovation of run-down city neighbourhoods to attract high-income groups
Which of these was not a common feature of ancient cities?
Correct answer D. A strong influence over external areas
Which theorist linked city life with the development of a blasé attitude?
Correct answer C. Simmel
What does Castells’s (1977) term ‘collective consumption’ refer to?
Correct answer B. The provision of health, housing and education services by the state
Which world regions currently have the highest and the lowest shares of their population living in cities?
Correct answer C. Highest: North America; lowest: Africa