URBS 200 Final Review – Verified Questions & Answers for
Nursing Exams
Cities formed at Break-bulk Point - ANSWER >>>>>A station or point
at which all or portions of a truckload, boatload, or carload are
unloaded and distributed
The Future of Cities (start of Triumph of the City) - ANSWER
>>>>>Centrality of Globalization
Centrality of Globalization - ANSWER >>>>>1. Globalization has
brought huge returns to idea-producing entrepreneurs
2. For this reason cities as engines of innovation
3. Cities serve as critical nodes in the global economy
Globalization has brought huge returns to idea-producing entrepreneurs
- ANSWER >>>>>1. cities produce a chain of interconnected ideas
2. cities are the absence of physical space between people and
organizations
3. cities offer proximity, density, closeness
For this reason cities as engines of innovation - ANSWER >>>>>1. "our
species greatest invention"
2. ideas more easily transferrred from person to person in dense urban
spaces
3. Strength comes from human collaboration
4. central reason behind civilization's success
,5. primary reason why cities exist
Within global economy cities offer - ANSWER >>>>>1. Transportation
Hubs
2. Economies of Scale
3. Human Capital Formation
4. Centers for Communication
Transportation Hubs - ANSWER >>>>>typically at break-in-bulk points
Economies of Scale - ANSWER >>>>>1. large city size makes it easier
to cover fixed costs of large investments
2. spreads costs over a large number of people
Human Capital Formation - ANSWER >>>>>1. human capital more
important than physical infrastructure in explaining a city's success
2. as share with college degree increases by 10%, gross metro product
increases by 22%
3. we live in an age of expertise when earnings and knowledge are
closely linked
4. reflects effect of human capital externalities
Reflects effect of human capital externalities - ANSWER >>>>>1.
skilled people become more productive
2. when they work around other skilled people
3.value of dense work environment
4. unplanned meetings, observations, and connections
,Centers for Communication - ANSWER >>>>>1. cities are the most
effective way to transfer knowledge between civilizations
2. educes the curse of communicating complexity
3. likelihood of garbled transmission increases with amount and
complexity of information being transferred
4. face-to-face interactions in cities mitigate the curse of complex
communication
Jevon's Complementarity Paradox - ANSWER >>>>>1. efficiency leads
to more and not less consumption
2. better information technology has increased rather than reduced the
value of face-to-face communication
3. face time complements time spent communicating electronically
4. IT has made the world more information intensive
IT has made the world more information intensive - ANSWER >>>>>1.
has made knowledge more valuable
2. increasing the value of learning from other people
Paradox of the Modern Metropolis - ANSWER >>>>>1. proximity has
become more valuable as the cost of connecting across distances has
fallen
2. electronic interactions have not made face-to-face interactions
obsolete
3. high correlation between urbanization and prosperity across nations
, Electronic interactions have not made face-to-face interactions obsolete
- ANSWER >>>>>1. electronic and face-to-face interactions are
complements not substitutes
2. cities speed innovation by connecting smart inhabitants to one
another
3. cities serve as gateways between markets an cultures
High correlation between urbanization and prosperity across nations -
ANSWER >>>>>industrial diversity, entrepreneurship, and education
lead to innovation
Goal of Urban Government - ANSWER >>>>>1. Create conditions that
take advantage of dense diversity while mitigating its externalities
2. Primary goal is to care for citizens both poor and rich through
investments in
3. Dense Cities are Green
4. Invest in the built environment to accommodate people, not as an
end in itself
Create conditions that take advantage of dense diversity while
mitigating its externalities - ANSWER >>>>>1. Advantages:
communication, exchange of information, creation of knowledge
2. Externalities: congestion, contagion, pollution, cost
Primary goal is to care for citizens both poor and rich through
investments in - ANSWER >>>>>1. Public Health
2. Personal Health
3. Education
Nursing Exams
Cities formed at Break-bulk Point - ANSWER >>>>>A station or point
at which all or portions of a truckload, boatload, or carload are
unloaded and distributed
The Future of Cities (start of Triumph of the City) - ANSWER
>>>>>Centrality of Globalization
Centrality of Globalization - ANSWER >>>>>1. Globalization has
brought huge returns to idea-producing entrepreneurs
2. For this reason cities as engines of innovation
3. Cities serve as critical nodes in the global economy
Globalization has brought huge returns to idea-producing entrepreneurs
- ANSWER >>>>>1. cities produce a chain of interconnected ideas
2. cities are the absence of physical space between people and
organizations
3. cities offer proximity, density, closeness
For this reason cities as engines of innovation - ANSWER >>>>>1. "our
species greatest invention"
2. ideas more easily transferrred from person to person in dense urban
spaces
3. Strength comes from human collaboration
4. central reason behind civilization's success
,5. primary reason why cities exist
Within global economy cities offer - ANSWER >>>>>1. Transportation
Hubs
2. Economies of Scale
3. Human Capital Formation
4. Centers for Communication
Transportation Hubs - ANSWER >>>>>typically at break-in-bulk points
Economies of Scale - ANSWER >>>>>1. large city size makes it easier
to cover fixed costs of large investments
2. spreads costs over a large number of people
Human Capital Formation - ANSWER >>>>>1. human capital more
important than physical infrastructure in explaining a city's success
2. as share with college degree increases by 10%, gross metro product
increases by 22%
3. we live in an age of expertise when earnings and knowledge are
closely linked
4. reflects effect of human capital externalities
Reflects effect of human capital externalities - ANSWER >>>>>1.
skilled people become more productive
2. when they work around other skilled people
3.value of dense work environment
4. unplanned meetings, observations, and connections
,Centers for Communication - ANSWER >>>>>1. cities are the most
effective way to transfer knowledge between civilizations
2. educes the curse of communicating complexity
3. likelihood of garbled transmission increases with amount and
complexity of information being transferred
4. face-to-face interactions in cities mitigate the curse of complex
communication
Jevon's Complementarity Paradox - ANSWER >>>>>1. efficiency leads
to more and not less consumption
2. better information technology has increased rather than reduced the
value of face-to-face communication
3. face time complements time spent communicating electronically
4. IT has made the world more information intensive
IT has made the world more information intensive - ANSWER >>>>>1.
has made knowledge more valuable
2. increasing the value of learning from other people
Paradox of the Modern Metropolis - ANSWER >>>>>1. proximity has
become more valuable as the cost of connecting across distances has
fallen
2. electronic interactions have not made face-to-face interactions
obsolete
3. high correlation between urbanization and prosperity across nations
, Electronic interactions have not made face-to-face interactions obsolete
- ANSWER >>>>>1. electronic and face-to-face interactions are
complements not substitutes
2. cities speed innovation by connecting smart inhabitants to one
another
3. cities serve as gateways between markets an cultures
High correlation between urbanization and prosperity across nations -
ANSWER >>>>>industrial diversity, entrepreneurship, and education
lead to innovation
Goal of Urban Government - ANSWER >>>>>1. Create conditions that
take advantage of dense diversity while mitigating its externalities
2. Primary goal is to care for citizens both poor and rich through
investments in
3. Dense Cities are Green
4. Invest in the built environment to accommodate people, not as an
end in itself
Create conditions that take advantage of dense diversity while
mitigating its externalities - ANSWER >>>>>1. Advantages:
communication, exchange of information, creation of knowledge
2. Externalities: congestion, contagion, pollution, cost
Primary goal is to care for citizens both poor and rich through
investments in - ANSWER >>>>>1. Public Health
2. Personal Health
3. Education
