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Part 1) Homework Assignment 3 Chapter 5Neighborhoods, Chapter 6 Migration and residential mobility, & Chapter 7 Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Poverty
Q1What is a neighborhood? Define and explain the key concepts of neighborhoods.
Q3 List and explain key spatial processes associated with neighborhood change as discussed in chapter 5.
Q4 How is racial segregation quantified in the example in chapter 5 section 5.5?
Q5 List and explain the concepts and factors (push and pull) that lead people, families, and groups to move from the countrysideto the cities.
Q6 What are the push and pull factors driving migration? Are there different factors at work for internal vs international migration?
Q7 Define the different theories of internal vs international migration discussed in chapter 6.
Q8 How are race, ethnicity, and segregation analyzed and measured in urban geography?
Q9 How are gender and sexuality analyzed in an urban setting? Give some examples for important themes and aspects included in the textbook (see chapter 7 – section 7.9).
part 2)
CHAPTER 5 QUIZ
Due 3/22 @ 11pmThere are 20 questions and you have 55 minutes to finish (all multiple choice style)
CHAPTER 6 QUIZ
Due 3/22 @ 11pmThere are 20 questions and you have 55 minutes to finish (all multiple choice style)
CHAPTER 7 QUIZ
Due 3/22 @ 11pmThere are 20 questions and you have 55 minutes to finish (all multiple choice style)
Part 3) Unit 3 Discussion Questions
Q1: Gentrification in NYC Think of a neighborhood in New York that has gone through gentrification. What is the
neighborhood. How has it changed? What has caused this change? You need to use
external resources for this, and make sure to list them with your post. No Wikipedia!
(350 to 400 words)
Here are some links and documents to help you with identifying legitimate, trustworthy
online resources:
1. https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/best-online-research-s…
2. https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-
content
3. https://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/tcc/…
Q2: Rural-urban migration:
Based on the report “China’s Young Rural-to-Urban Migrants: In Search of Fortune,
Happiness, and Independence”, why do young people leave their villages and migrate to
cities? What are common patterns of social migration and how can they be explained ? 350-400 words
