Theory 1

Question 1

What are the 3 steps of the Speare model?

Answer 1

1- development of a desire to consider moving 2- selection of an alternative 3- the decision to move or stay

Question 2

This is an individual process and not a group one, thus variables such as income and education are good markers and it should work the same way for all groups.

Answer 2

Spatial assimilation

Question 3

This theory posits that minority group members gradually take on the characteristics, mores, and culture of the dominant group while at the same time losing the distinctive characteristics that set them apart.

Answer 3

Assimilation theory (Gordon 64).

Question 4

This is considered an indicator of group integration.

Answer 4

Suburbanization

Question 5

This is related is a pattern of development associated with outward expansion, low-density housing and commercial development, fragmentation of planning among multiple municipalities with large fiscal disparities among them, auto-dependent transport and segregated land use patterns.

Answer 5

Sprawl (Squires & Kubrin 2005)