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Unit 6 Vocab

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show A practice in which realtors persuade white homeowners in a neighborhood to sell their homes by convincing them that the neighborhood is declining due to black families moving in  
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Boomburb (boomburg)   show
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show properties whose use or development may be complicated by the potential presence of hazardous substances or pollutants  
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Built environment   show
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show a model, developed by Walter Christaller, that attempts to understand why cities are located where they are  
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show Development that grows up (in the form of taller buildings) rather than out (in the form of urban sprawl)  
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De facto segregation   show
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show a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment that developed in the suburbs, outside of a city’s traditional downtown or CBD  
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show Occurs when areas inhabited by low-income people of color are targeted for environmental contamination  
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show Zoning that attempts to keep low- to moderate - income people out of a neighborhood  
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Exurb   show
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Gentrification   show
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show a zone of grassy, forested, or agricultural land separating urban areas  
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Infill development   show
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show An approach to city planning that focuses on fostering European-style cities of dense settlements, attractive architecture, and housing of different types and prices within walking distance to shopping, restaurants, jobs, and public transportation.  
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NIMBYs   show
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show the general impression of the estimated number of people present in a given area  
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show a city that is much larger than any other city in the country and that dominated the country’s economic, political, and cultural life  
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Range   show
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Rank-size rule   show
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Redlining   show
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show Policies that combat regional sprawl by addressing issues of population density and transportation  
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show The tendency of cities to grow outward in an unchecked manner  
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Squatter Settlements   show
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Suburb   show
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Threshold   show
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Urban Heat Island   show
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show Large-scale redevelopment of the built environment in downtown and older inner-city neighborhoods.  
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show the mass movement of white people from the city to the suburbs  
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World City   show
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Zoning   show
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