GEOG 3205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Urban Renewal
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The use of sidewalks: safety (jacobs: safety comes from neighborhood surveillance of public space ( eyes on the street , social cohesiveness emerges from well-defined neighborhoods & narrow, crowded multi-use sidewalks. It represents daily life in new york at the turn of the century (p. 34) Urban renewal wikipedia: urban renewal: processes of revitalizing blighted neighborhoods, positives: improvement of infrastructure, quality of life & tax base, negatives: displacement of people & cultures, non-consultation & production of inequality. Chapter 9: segregation, race and urban poverty: the processes described in all the other readings have led to residential segregation & concentration of poverty, urban renewal, government support & physical displacement of diverse residents.
