AP Human Geography: Process of Deterioration
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Disamenity Zone
An area no longer has value to investors; found in the inner city
Redlining
Banks draw redlines of where they refuse to give loans
Ghettoization
Ethnic or racial minorities may be confined to older low cost housing areas near city center
Public Housing Project
Housing reserved for low income households; 30% income for rent
Filtering
Large house ate subdivided; maintenance is hard and are eventually abandoned
Gentrification
Process of building up deteriorated inner city neighborhoods by rich white people
Blockbusting
Real Estate Agents sell houses to black people in a white neighborhood to try and make a sale off of the leaving whites
Brownfileds
Sites of abandoned factories, hard to remove or repair