GEOG 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Media Culture, High Crime, Underemployment
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Urban sprawl: cities taking up more space than they used to, american cities swallowed by urban cities: before 1888 small pedestrian cities (small and round, cities became abandoned, people who left the central city were much more poor than those in suburbs, central city became a place of minority residence, high crime neighborhoods and areas of intense poverty, abandonment, consequences of sprawl, loss in population, increased crime, shrinking in tax base, unemployment rates increase, and inner city poverty rates are almost 3 times those of nearby suburbs. Riot: a violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd: public events that take place on the street, intend to hurt someone, unpredictable and illegal, based on race and ethnic differences, against the government, 3 types. Communal riot: physical assaults by a member of one group to a member of another: race riots, delivering justice, results in physical violence, destruction of private property, 8 days, tulsa ok.
