A practice by real estate agents who would stir up concern that black families would soon move into the neighborhood; the agents would convince white property owners to sell their houses at below-market prices.

Abandoned and polluted industrial site in a central city or suburb.

Segregation that results from residential settlement patterns rather than from prejudicial laws.

Impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain the use of natural resources.

A government’s right to take over privately owned property for public use or interest.

Environmental injustice

The ways in which communities of color and poor people are more likely to be exposed to environmental burdens such as air pollution or contaminated water; also called environmental racism.

The process of neighborhood change in which housing vacated by more affluent groups passes down the income scale to lower-income groups.

A ring of parkland, agricultural land, or other type of open space maintained around an urban area to limit sprawl.

Inclusionary zoning law

Law that creates affordable housing by offering incentives for developers to set aside a minimum percentage of new housing construction to be allocated for low-come renters or buyers.

The legal rights, as defined by a society, associated with owning land.

Mixed-use development (MUD)

A single planned development designed to include multiple uses, such as residential, retail, educational, recreational, industrial, and office spaces.

Zoning that permits multiple land uses in the same space or structure.

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Question	Answer
Blockbusting	A practice by real estate agents who would stir up concern that black families would soon move into the neighborhood; the agents would convince white property owners to sell their houses at below-market prices.
Brownfield	Abandoned and polluted industrial site in a central city or suburb.
De facto segregation	Segregation that results from residential settlement patterns rather than from prejudicial laws.
Ecological footprint	Impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain the use of natural resources.
Eminent domain	A government’s right to take over privately owned property for public use or interest.
Environmental injustice	The ways in which communities of color and poor people are more likely to be exposed to environmental burdens such as air pollution or contaminated water; also called environmental racism.
Filtering	The process of neighborhood change in which housing vacated by more affluent groups passes down the income scale to lower-income groups.
Greenbelt	A ring of parkland, agricultural land, or other type of open space maintained around an urban area to limit sprawl.
Inclusionary zoning law	Law that creates affordable housing by offering incentives for developers to set aside a minimum percentage of new housing construction to be allocated for low-come renters or buyers.
Land tenure	The legal rights, as defined by a society, associated with owning land.
Mixed-use development (MUD)	A single planned development designed to include multiple uses, such as residential, retail, educational, recreational, industrial, and office spaces.
Mixed-use zoning	Zoning that permits multiple land uses in the same space or structure.

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