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Contemporary Urban Issues AP Human Geography Cities and Urban Land Use Unit

For today, 04/18 Get out your 4-Box Analysis from yesterday What’s an inner-city comprehensive?

What is the inner city? The Inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis. Inner city areas tend to have higher population densities than outer suburbs, with more of the population living inside multi-floored townhouses and apartment buildings.

Inner City Characteristics (1.) Homelessness (1 million each night in U.S.) (2.) High crime rates due to drugs, gangs, and hs dropout (3.) Ethnic segregation - minority-majority, enclaves (4.) Single parent households (80 – 90% in U.S.) (5.) Joblessness – deind., sub., skills (5.) Deterioration – redlining, filtering (6.) Urban Renewal (7.) Gentrification Camden, NJ New Orleans, LA

Positives Negatives ?

Ethnic Segregation of Houston

(1.) Lowest-value homes are becoming more clustered in certain parts (2.) Higher-value homes are increasingly being built in the suburbs (3.) The inner city remains an area of low-value homes