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Directions: The purpose of this activity is to apply your expertise in urban geography to design a business that would be successful in Baltimore. Use your notes, your textbook, and your understanding of Baltimore to complete each section.
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Ch. 13 Rubenstein Quizlet pages Ch. 13 Rubenstein Flashcards Unit 7: Urbanization Main Vocabulary Page Choose a Study Mode Scatter Learn Flashcards Study these flash cards Annexation: process of legally adding land area to a city. Concentric zone model: model created by EW Burgess in 1923, which explains that a city grows outward from a central…
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Your urbanization webpages have been published. For the most part they look pretty good.
My expectation is that you will make full use of these student created summaries in your preparation for next week’s quiz.
You can click directly to the Urbanization unit page here.
You can also view them by clicking on the Urbanization category or the Student Work category.
Urban renewal is the clearing and redevelopment of urban slums. It is rebuilding the area into a newer, glossier version of its former self. The goal is to attract more industry and consumers with a larger amount of disposable income, which could jump-start the local economy and attract even more industry and quality housing. Charles…
Key Question: What are slums and squatter settlements? Why do they develop and what are the living conditions in them? Slum and Squatter settlement is an area in a less developed city where people reside on land they do not own, they don’t pay rent or propety taxes. Living Conditions – Shacks made out of…
Question: What are the physical problems that inner-cities face? The biggest physical problem is the poor conditions of housing, most of which was built before the 1940s. The poor conditions of housing happens through the process of deterioration. This process has two steps: filtering and redlining. Filtering: subdivision of houses and occupancy by successives waves…
Key Question: What are the social problems that inner- cities face? Some of the problems that inner-cities face are social, physical and economics. There are a varation of problem that they struggle with such as unemployment, proverty, and high crime rate. Inner cities face a lack of job skills to obtain good careers. By the…