Topic 6.10 & 6.11 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. An area that consists of dilapidated buildings and polluted or contaminated soils. (2 words)
  2. 5. The process of converting an urban inner-city neighborhood from a mostly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominately wealthy, owner-occupied area.
  3. 7. An area of a city warmer than surrounding areas. (3 words)
  4. 8. When people of an ethnic group sold their homes upon learning that members of another ethnic group were moving into their neighborhood.
  5. 10. Areas of the city that have been deserted by their owners for either economic or environmental reasons. (3 words)
  6. 12. Areas of poverty occupied by a minority group as a result of discrimination.
  7. 13. Densely populated areas built without coordinated planning and without sufficient public services. (2 words)
  8. 14. The process by which banks refuse loans to those who want to purchase and improve properties in certain urban areas.
  9. 17. Animals such as rats, raccoons, and pigeons that can thrive in cities. (2 words)
  10. 19. A process that involves renovating a site within a city by removing the existing landscape and rebuilding from the ground up. (2 words)
  11. 20. The commuting periods in the early morning and the late afternoon when people travel to and from work. (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. Walled or fenced neighborhoods with limited access and entry points. (2 words)
  2. 3. A practice that offers incentives for developers to set aside a certain percentage of housing for low-income renters or buyers.(2 words)
  3. 4. When people live in separate neighborhoods based on ethnicity or race.(2 words)
  4. 6. The disproportionate exposure of minorities and the poor to pollution.(2 words)
  5. 7. Streets lined with tall buildings which can channel and intensify wind. (2 words)
  6. 9. A policy that allowed governments to clear out blighted inner-city slums and build new development projects. (2 words)
  7. 11. Allows the government to claim private property from individuals, pay them for the property and then use it for the public good.(2 words)
  8. 15. The impact of human activity on the environment (2 words)
  9. 16. Legal protection of contracts to show ownership of the land or buildings. (2 words)
  10. 18. An approach where the government provides rental assistance to individuals to disperse public housing throughout an area.(2 words)