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Gentrification

APHUG 9.4 NOTES

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Urban decay
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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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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

urbanization vocab

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acropolis the citadel in ancient Greek towns Agglomeration A process involving the clustering or concentrating of people or activities. The term often refers to manufacturing plants and businesses that benefit from close proximity because they share skilled-labor pools and technological and financial amenities. agora the marketplace in ancient Greece Basic sector activities and services that generate income for a city (e.g., manufacturing, retail, ...). Blockbusting Illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell their properties by telling them that a certain people of a certain race, national origin or religion are moving into the area Central business district (CBD) The downtown or nucleus of a city where retail stores, offices, and cultural activities are
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