urban studies

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Answer TWO of the following questions.  Each answer should be a minimum of three double-spaced pages (12 point font, one inch margins).  Your answers should reflect information from the class lectures, readings, videos, and class discussions.  You do not have to conduct outside research.  Use APA for citations.

1) Review and critically discuss the problem of population growth.  Who would you side with in the debate between Ehrlich and Simon and why?  What are some ideas for slowing population growth?

2) Review and critically discuss the problem of immigration as presented by Steven Gold (Immigration Benefits America.   Society, September 2009) and class lectures, discussions, and videos. 

3) There are two parts to this question.  First, who was Kitty Genovese and what happened to her that came to be known as the “bystander effect.”  ?

Second, review the urban theory of Marx, Durkheim, or Weber as discussed in the article, “Classical Theories.”?

4) Review and critically discuss the “Great Migration” of African-Americans out of the southern states and into the urban north during the first half of the 20^th century.