AP Human Geography › Contemporary Urban Issues
Which of the following terms describes urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic, and is often associated with rising property values in low-income urban areas?
Gentrification
Redlining
Filtering
Annexation
Colonialism
Gentrification describes urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic. It is commonly associated with rising property values in previously low-income urban areas, which may force current residents to move away.
Which of the following terms describes urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic, and is often associated with rising property values in low-income urban areas?
Gentrification
Redlining
Filtering
Annexation
Colonialism
Gentrification describes urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic. It is commonly associated with rising property values in previously low-income urban areas, which may force current residents to move away.
What name is given to a portion of land reserved for farms, parks, and forests to prevent the continuation of an urban sprawl?
Greenbelt
Agribusiness
Commons
Green protection
Deurbanization
Many contemporary cities have enacted measures to prevent the continuous urban sprawl that results from their ever-growing populations. They reserve a portion of land for farms, parks, forests, and other such things. This is called a “greenbelt.”
What name is given to a portion of land reserved for farms, parks, and forests to prevent the continuation of an urban sprawl?
Greenbelt
Agribusiness
Commons
Green protection
Deurbanization
Many contemporary cities have enacted measures to prevent the continuous urban sprawl that results from their ever-growing populations. They reserve a portion of land for farms, parks, forests, and other such things. This is called a “greenbelt.”
An exurbanite is someone who __________.
has left the inner city to live in the suburbs
lives in the suburbs, but works in the city
has left the suburbs to live in the inner city
lives in the city, but works in the suburbs
migrates to different cities to find seasonal work
An “exurbanite” is someone who has left the inner city to live in the suburbs. It may also describe people who used to live in the city in general who have moved to rural areas. Someone who works in the city and lives in the suburbs is called a "suburbanite."
An exurbanite is someone who __________.
has left the inner city to live in the suburbs
lives in the suburbs, but works in the city
has left the suburbs to live in the inner city
lives in the city, but works in the suburbs
migrates to different cities to find seasonal work
An “exurbanite” is someone who has left the inner city to live in the suburbs. It may also describe people who used to live in the city in general who have moved to rural areas. Someone who works in the city and lives in the suburbs is called a "suburbanite."
Which of these terms is used to describe the process by which an urban neighborhood transitions from housing mostly people of a low-income status to house people of a middle or high-income status?
Gentrification
Conglomeration
Agglomeration
Acculturation
Ghettoization
The term “gentrification” is applied fairly liberally in contemporary American geographical language. It primarily refers to the process by which an urban or suburban neighborhood transitions from housing people of mostly low-income status to housing middle class families. In some expressions it can have racist connotations.
The term __________ is applied to young people who move back into inner city areas and away from suburbs in search of close proximity to work and entertainment.
yuppies
hipsters
hippies
chavs
millennials
The term “yuppie” is a reasonably modern term that is derived from “young professional.” It is a term usually applied to young, reasonably affluent people who move from the suburbs into inner city areas in search of close proximity to work and entertainment.
Why do squatter settlements exist in poorly developed nations?
Affordable housing is unavailable for new migrants.
New migrants want to live near the center of the city.
New migrants prefer to live in squatter settlements with other new migrants.
The government sets aside areas for new migrants to live.
None of these answers
By definition, a squatter settlement is a collection of buildings aimed to provide housing and shelter for poor people in a city. The people who live in squatter settlements do not have legal rights to the land upon which they are built; therefore, they are living there illegally. Squatter settlements are a housing alternative when affordable housing is otherwise hard to come by in a city.
The term __________ is applied to young people who move back into inner city areas and away from suburbs in search of close proximity to work and entertainment.
yuppies
hipsters
hippies
chavs
millennials
The term “yuppie” is a reasonably modern term that is derived from “young professional.” It is a term usually applied to young, reasonably affluent people who move from the suburbs into inner city areas in search of close proximity to work and entertainment.