GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cultural Assimilation, Urban Decay, Gentrification
11 Apr 2018
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Neighborhood: a part of the city that displays some internal homogeneity regarding type of housing, may be characterized by a relatively uniform income level and/or ethnic identity, and usually reflects certain shared social values. The two key components of this definition are that neighbourhoods are comprised of: homes and buildings (built form) and, individual (and groups of) people and their respective cultural traits. The built form of neighborhoods is relatively permanent changes come incrementally and/or via broader-scale redevelopment. The people that comprise neighborhoods residents also change incrementally, but over time the social-cultural character of neighborhoods can change. As houses are passed from one individual/family to the next, two types of gradual social changes are common, i. economic and ii. cultural. Filtering: a transition that occurs as housing unites are passed from members of one income to another. Downward filtering: leads towards urban decay and abandonment.
