Gentrification, Disamenity, & Zones of Abandonment - AP Human Geography (2024)

Colonialism

Annexation

Gentrification

Redlining

Filtering

Correct answer:

Gentrification

Explanation:

Gentrificationdescribes urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic. It is commonlyassociated with rising property values in previously low-income urban areas, which may forcecurrentresidents to move away.

Conglomeration

Agglomeration

Ghettoization

Gentrification

Acculturation

Correct answer:

Gentrification

Explanation:

The term “gentrification” is applied fairly liberally in contemporary American geographical language. It primarily refers to the process by which an urban or suburban neighborhood transitions from housing people of mostly low-income status to housing middle class families. In some expressions it can have racist connotations.

Loss of economic activity

Lower-income families are forced to relocate

Inner cities become more crowded and more dangerous

All of these are notable downsides of gentrification.

Minority families are denied access to education

Correct answer:

Lower-income families are forced to relocate

Explanation:

The term “gentrification” is used to describe the process by which affluent, middle-class families return to inner city neighborhoods from the suburbs. Although generally considered a positive trend because it contributes to urban revitalization, it has some negative consequences. One of these is that lower-income families can no longer afford the rent or cost of living in the neighborhood and are forced to relocate.

Gentrification leads to less available social services.

Gentrification lowers the amount of rental units available.

Gentrification can increase the hom*ogeneity of the residential population.

Gentrification displaces low-income residents.

Gentrification can lead to historic preservation.

Correct answer:

Gentrification can lead to historic preservation.

Explanation:

All of the statements above would be supported by critics of gentrification, except the statement about historic preservation. When gentrification happens, an area that was previously deteriorated gets renovated, and any historical locations within that area get preserved.

increase in renters

decrease in low-income population

increase in chain businesses, such as Starbucks

decrease in local businesses

change in racial composition

Correct answer:

increase in renters

Explanation:

When gentrification is occurring, the pattern generally observed is an increase in ownership of homes and a decrease in renters. Since the low-income population moves out and a higher-income population moves in, these people who make more money can afford to actually buy their homes instead of renting.