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Chapter 13 Learning Guide – Urban Patterns
Key Issue 3 – Why Do Inner Cities Have Distinctive Problems?
Pgs. 418 – 423
• Complete this statement regarding the basic problems of the inner city:
“Inner cities in the United States contain concentrations of _______________________ people with a variety of physical, _____________________, and _________________________ problems very different from those faced by __________________________ residents.”
Inner City Physical Issues
• What is the major problem faced by inner-city residents?
• Describe the inner-city process known as filtering.
• What is the ultimate result of this process?
• What is redlining and its result?
• What is urban renewal?
• Why has urban renewal been criticized?
• Complete the chart below regarding public housing.
Public Housing
Who builds & maintains it?
Percentage in the U.S.
Reasons high-rise public housing is unsatisfactory
How are recent public housing projects different?
• Define gentrification:
• What three (3) groups are attracted to gentrified areas and why?
• Why has gentrification been criticized?
Inner-City Social Issues
• Complete the statement regarding the population in the inner-city:
“Inner-city residents frequently are referred to as a permanent ____________________ because they are _______________________ in an unending ____________________ of economic and social _________________________.”
• List and briefly describe four (4) specific social problems of the underclass.
Inner-City Economic Issues
• What financial crisis does the high proportion of low-income residents in the inner city create?
• Explain the two (2) choices a city has in order to solve this problem.
• What two (2) things are happening to homeowners who have been unable to repay their subprime loans?
Key Issue 3 – Why Do Inner Cities Have Distinctive Problems?
Pgs. 418 – 423
• Complete this statement regarding the basic problems of the inner city:
“Inner cities in the United States contain concentrations of _______________________ people with a variety of physical, _____________________, and _________________________ problems very different from those faced by __________________________ residents.”
Inner City Physical Issues
• What is the major problem faced by inner-city residents?
• Describe the inner-city process known as filtering.
• What is the ultimate result of this process?
• What is redlining and its result?
• What is urban renewal?
• Why has urban renewal been criticized?
• Complete the chart below regarding public housing.
Public Housing
Who builds & maintains it?
Percentage in the U.S.
Reasons high-rise public housing is unsatisfactory
How are recent public housing projects different?
• Define gentrification:
• What three (3) groups are attracted to gentrified areas and why?
• Why has gentrification been criticized?
Inner-City Social Issues
• Complete the statement regarding the population in the inner-city:
“Inner-city residents frequently are referred to as a permanent ____________________ because they are _______________________ in an unending ____________________ of economic and social _________________________.”
• List and briefly describe four (4) specific social problems of the underclass.
Inner-City Economic Issues
• What financial crisis does the high proportion of low-income residents in the inner city create?
• Explain the two (2) choices a city has in order to solve this problem.
• What two (2) things are happening to homeowners who have been unable to repay their subprime loans?