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Urban decay

APHUG 9.4 NOTES

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Human Geography
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Sustainable urban planning
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Key Question #4 How do people shape cities? People and institutions shape places, and there is no exception to this rule. The role of individual people, governments, corporations, developers, financial lenders, and relator's play in shaping cities varies across the world. Government planning agencies can directly affect the layout of cities by restricting the kinds of development allowed in certain regions or zones of cities Vocabulary Zoning laws- legal restrictions on land use that determines what types of buildings and economic activities are allowed to take place in certain areas Redlining- discriminatory real estate practice in N America in which members of minority groups are prevented from obtaining money to purchase homes/properties in predominantly white neighborhoods

Human Geo Chp. 13

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Urban economics
Mortgage industry of the United States
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Politics of the United States
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Social Issues

Isaiah Bennett p.1 5/6/13 CH.13 K.I 3 I Inner-City Physical Issue The major physical problem faced by inner-city neighborhoods is the poor condition Deteriorated housing can either be demolished and replaced with new housing or it can be Process of Deterioration As the number of low-income resident increase in the city the territory they occupy expand Middle-class families move out of a neighborhood to never housing farther from the center and sell or rent their houses to lower-income families Filtering Filtering Process of subdivision of houses and occupancy by successive waves of lower-income people Redlining Redlining Drawing lines a map to identify areas in which they will refuse to lean money Although redlining is illegal enforcement of law against it is frequently difficult

Human Geo Chp. 12

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Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Core Based Statistical Area
Urbanization
Residential segregation

Isaiah Bennett p.1 5/7/13 Ch.13 K.I 4 I Urban Expansion Until recently in the United States, as cities grew, they expanded by adding peripheral land Annexation Annexation The process of legally adding land area to city Normally, land can be annexed to a city only if a majority of residents in the affected area vote in favor doing so Defining Urban Settlement Instead of annexing peripheral areas, cities now are surrounded by suburb City: a legal entity Urbanized area: a continuously built-up area Metropolitan area: a functional area The City City Defines an urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit Central City In thus, a city surrounded by suburbs

political geography

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Northern Ireland
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55) Which of the following statements accurately describes the growth rates of Catholics and Protest . Northern Ireland today? Catholics represent a clear majority of the population Catholic birth rates are higher than Protestants Catholics are outmigrating faster than Protestants B~The Catholic population is declining Catholic death rates are higher than Protestants 56) What has happened to the segregation index of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland? . It has increased It has decreased C) It has remained constant D) It has followed a U-shaped path E) It has followed a volcano-shaped path 57) Northern Ireland is: A) part ofthe Irish Republic Ji!!J an independent country '" part of the United Kingdom D) a colony of the United Kingdom E)

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AP U.S. History

Chapter 19 I. Urbanization A. Industrial Sources of City Growth 1. Until the Civil War, cities were centers of commerce, and factories were largely rural. 2. With the invention of the steam engine and the use of coal as a fuel, factories relocated to the places most convenient to suppliers and markets. a. The growth of factories contributed to urban growth; large factories employing many workers created small cities within their vicinities. 4. Many firms set up their plants near a large city so that they could draw on the city?s labor supply and transportation systems. 5. Sometimes a metropolis spread and absorbed nearby factory towns; elsewhere, the lines between industrial towns blurred and an extended urban-industrial area
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