What is gentrification? Gentrification is a socio-spatial process in which higher income groups move into lower income neighborhoods. The higher income groups typically renovate
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Category: Urban Planning
Urban planning is the practice of regulating land use and transportation patterns with the goal of improving the quality of life for urban inhabitants.
Models of Urban Form & Development
Cities grow and evolve over time, forming patterns guided by an array of physical, economic, political, and technological influences. While no two cities are exactly
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Green Roofs
A green roof is one that’s been covered with a layer of soil and vegetation. Growing plants on rooftops can replace some of the vegetation
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Urban Planning
What is urban planning? Urban planning is both a technical and political process that seeks to regulate the form and growth of human settlements. This
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Urban Sprawl
What is Urban Sprawl? Geographers, urbanists, and other social scientists have attempted to define urban sprawl (or, perhaps more accurately, “suburban sprawl”) for decades. Although
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Food Deserts
What are food deserts? Food deserts can be best described as areas where people have limited access to healthy food. Impoverished neighborhoods and communities are
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The Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect
What is the Urban Heat Island Effect? It is no secret that the impervious surfaces – the asphalt, concrete, bricks and steel – that make
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Sense of Place
What is sense of place? Sense of place refers to the degree of meaning people ascribe to a particular location or area. Those places deemed
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