Geog 4180 Summer 2006 Final Exam
The final exam will take place on Aug 2 2006 in a two-hour time-slot. Choose
one of the following questions and write an essay-style answer in the exam under
closed-book conditions.
- Discuss the importance of energy consumption in shaping the geography of
the present-day Canadian city.
- Rykwert discusses the limitations of rational planning in cities. What does
he mean?
- Urban social life is very varied. People inhabit urban space in various
ways, and under various identities. The city is a place of ethnic, linguistic,
and cultural variety. It is shaped by gender, class and power. Are there any
common themes to the ways in which social life inhabits urban space?