Inner Cities Physical Problems: Deterioration  Filtering-The process of dividing up a large home into small apartments for low income families. So what is the problem with that? Landlords stop maintaining houses Buildings deteriorate and grow unfit for occupancy Owners abandon the property

Inner Cities Physical Problems: Deterioration  Redlining- drawing lines on a map to identify areas in which they will refuse to loan money. So what is the problem with that? Families who try to fix up homes in the area have difficulty borrowing money.

Inner City Physical Problems: Urban Renewal  Public Housing-is housing reserved for low-income households, who must pay 30% of their income for rent. So what is the problem with fixing these places? Reduction of public housing because of cost Considered unsatisfactory environments for families with children. The elevators are broken, juveniles terrorize other people in the hallways, and drug use and crime rates are high. Residence are displaced so that the homes can be demolished.

Inner Cities Physical Problems: Urban Renewal  Gentrification-the process by which middle- class people move into deteriorated inner- city neighborhoods and renovate the housing. So what is the problem? Lower incomes home owners or renters are forced out their homes because of the rise in taxes or rent.

Inner City Social Problems: Underclass  They are trapped in an unending cycle of economic and social problems.  Lack of job skills: they lack technical skills or don’t have any means to get to work  Homelessness: lack of job or regular income

Inner-City Social Problems: Culture of Poverty  80% of children in the inner city live with only one parent. So what is the problem? High crime rates because of drugs, gangs, or other felonies. Leads to ethnic and racial segregation.

Inner-City Economic Problems  Require services but can’t pay for them. So cities either raise taxes or provide incentives to bring businesses to downtown.  Annexation-the process of legally adding land area to a city. Why don’t people like this now?

Suburb Problems: Peripheral Model  An urban area consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road  Edge cities spring up around the beltway or ring road  So what is wrong with this?

Suburban Problems: Sprawl  Progressive spread of development over the landscape  New Roads and new utilities may be added to the cost of the home  Waste land: loss of arable land  Wastes more energy: dependence on transportation to get every where  Rush Hour