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Ch 17 Vocab

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Ecological Footprint   show
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Mixed-Use Development   show
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Walkability   show
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Transportation-Oriented Development   show
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Smart-Growth Policies   show
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Mixed-Use Zoning   show
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Traditional Zoning   show
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show A school of thought that promotes designing growth to limit the amount of urban sprawl and preserve nature and usable farmland  
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Slow-Growth Cities   show
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Urban Growth Boundary   show
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show A ring of parkland, agricultural land, or other type of open space maintained around an urban area to limit sprawl  
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show Segregation that results from residential settlement patterns rather than from prejudicial laws  
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show Practice by which a financial institution such as a bank refused to offer home loans on the basis of a neighborhood's racial or ethnic makeup  
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Blockbusting   show
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show Area that has been largely deserted due to lack of jobs, declines in land value, and falling demand  
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show The process of neighborhood change in which housing vacated by more affluent groups passes down the income scale to lower-income groups  
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Inclusionary Zoning Laws   show
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Land Tenure   show
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Eminent Domain   show
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show 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  
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show The nationwide movement that developed in the 1950s and 1960s when US cities were given massive federal grants to tear down and clear out crumbling neighborhoods and former industrial zones as a means of rebuilding their downtowns  
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Regional Planning   show
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show Abandoned and polluted industrial site in a central city or suburb  
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