global periphery and semiperiphery
urban development
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what shapes a city?
social and cultural factors
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what is urban sprawl?
the development of new housing sites at a relativly low density in urban areas
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what is redlining
the proccess by which banks draw lines on a map to show where they refuse to loan money
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what are gated communities
subdivision of an area normaly surrounded by a barrier to which entry is restricted
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what is a global periphery?
the edge or outskirts of a city or urban area
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what is created during urban sprawl
housing and roads over large areas of land with no concern for urban planning
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what is blockbusting
the process by which real estate agents tell white home owners to sell their homes at low prices to an african american
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what is semiperiphery
it is neither core nor peripheral but somewhere in between
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what is new urbanism
an urban design movement that promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing and job types
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what is gentrification
the process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income home owner area to a middle-class home owner area
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what do global periphery and semiperiphery do?
seperate the rich from the poor in cities and countries
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what are some concernces with New Urbanism
it is believed to go against urban sprawl to much private public housing
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what are tear-downs
when new home owners buy a house to tear it down and build a larger home
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do the either have laws
they are often lacking zoning laws
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what is the top urban sprawl city
Riverside-San Bernardino California
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what is commercialization
the process of introducing a new item or product into the market
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what are McMansions
large homes most often built to fill the lot.
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