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| redlining | A discriminatory real estate practice in North America in which members of minority groups are prevented from obtaining money to purchase homes or property in predominantly white neighborhoods. The practice derived its name from the red lines depicted on cadastral maps used by real estate agents and developers. Today, redlining is officially illegal.
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| blockbusting | A process by which 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
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| disamenity zones | The very poorest parts of cities that in extreme cases are not connected to regular city services and are controlled by gangs and drug lords.
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| zones of abandonment | areas that have been deserted in a city for economic or environmental reasons
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| squatter settlement | Residential developments characterized by extreme poverty that usually exist on land just outside of cities that is neither owned nor rented by its occupants.
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| inclusionary zoning | zoning regulations that create incentives or requirements for affordable housing development
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| local food movement | collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies
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| urban renewal | Program in which 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.
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| gentification | A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-occupied area.
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| suburban sprawl | spread of suburbs away from the core city
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| climate change | a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.
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| ecological footprint | the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
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| energy use | ways in which energy is expended
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| brownfields | contaminated industrial or commercial sites that may require environmental cleanup before they can be redeveloped or expanded
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| Farmland Protection Program | Help state, county, and local governments protect farmland in danger of being paved over or otherwise developed.
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| housing density | number of dwelling units per unit of area, a high amount means that there may be overcrowding.
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| rustbelt | parts of the northeastern and midwestern US that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a falling population. Steel-producing cities in Pennsylvania and Ohio are at its center.
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| annexation | Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
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| municipal/municipality | relating to a city, town, village, or the like with local self-government
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| eminent domain | Power of a government to take private property for public use.
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| food desert | Areas where it is difficult to find affordable, healthy food options. More common in highly populated low-income urban neighborhoods where there are fewer grocery stores/transportation options to seek out other food choices. Contribute to obesity in these areas bc people resort to buying cheap, highly caloric foods
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| ghetto | A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
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| urban heat island | Local heat buildup in an area of high population density
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