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

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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Positives
Negatives ?

6. Ethnic Segregation of Houston

7. (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