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Unit 6 Chapter 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inner cities | centers of older cities, tend to be poorer and contain minority populations. |
| Underclass | People living below poverty line persists year after year and across generations |
| culture of poverty | Values and behaviors of the poor make them different from other people, these factors are largely responsible for their poverty. |
| homelessness | An extreme form of poverty defined by lack of permanent shelter to live in. |
| Brownfields | abandoned POLLUTED INDUSTRIAL sites in central cities, many of which are today being cleaned and redeveloped |
| Filtering | People sell their homes then subdivision of houses, occupied by successive waves of lower-income people |
| Redlining | Banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries. |
| Blockbusting | Real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood |
| urban blight | degradation/abandonment of NEIGHBORHOODS of the city that often accompanies and accelerates migration to the suburbs |
| eminent domain | Power of a government to take private property for public use. |
| Gentrification | Converting an urban neighborhood from a low-income renter-occupied area to a middle-class owner-occupied area. -Private Indiv. -Small scale (house-by-house) |
| racial segregation | Separation of humans into ethnic or racial groups in daily life. |
| Ghetto | A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions |
| informal economy | Economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by a government; not included in government's Gross National Product: unlike formal -Street Vendors -Subsistence Farmers |
| shadow economy | illicit economic activity existing alongside a country's official economy. -Black market -Illegal |
| Urban Canyons | Streets lined with tall buildings can channel and intensify wind. Prevent natural sunlight form reaching the ground. |
| Urban Wildlife | Rats, raccoons, and pigeons can thrive in cities, but they can spread diseases and be a nuisance to people. |
| urban heat island | In large cities, paved surfaces, particularly asphalt, absorbs heat during day and radiates heat at night. Sparse vegetation and paved surfaces increase rain runoff, reducing cooling effects. |
| urban sprawl | Urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing OVER FERTILE agricultural LAND. |
| Leapfrog Development | Development that occurs well beyond the limits of the current urbanized area, to take advantage of LESS EXPENSIVE land -Leaves gaps |
| Infill | Filling in empty or run-down parts of a city with new development |
| Exurbs | a district outside a city, especially a WEALTHY area beyond the suburbs. |
| smart growth | Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland. -Create sustainable communities as well |
| mixed-use development | development that combines housing and businesses in one area |
| ecological footprint | the impact of a person or community on the environment ; amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. |
| Walkability | the overall level of comfort, access, enjoyment, and connectivity of an area that facilitates walking |
| Transportation-oriented development | Creation of dense, walkable, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use communities centered around or located NEAR a TRANSIT station. |
| traditional zoning | Creates separate zones based on land-use type or economic function |
| Greenbelt | Ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area. |
| urban renewal | Cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private members, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers. -gov uses eminent domain |
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