Detroit- deindustrialisation in the rust belt

Question 1

how many abandoned buildings

Answer 1

-in 2015, 70,000 abandoned buildings

Question 2

crime rates

Answer 2

-in 2021, had 2nd highest homicide rates

Question 3

how many jobs lost

Answer 3

140,000 due to global shift

Question 4

population decrease

Answer 4

50% between 1950 and 2010

Question 5

what caused the decline of the rust belt

Answer 5

-automation
-global shift (cheaper steel overseas)
-increased free trade so increased competiton

Question 6

what were the swathes of vacant housing known as

Answer 6

urban prairies

Question 7

what occurred when the outmigration of wealthy, white, middle class happened

Answer 7

automobile industry shift to the suburbs
-known as “white flight”

Question 8

deprivation

Answer 8

-in 2013, 2/3ds of Detroit residents couldn’t afford basic needs

Question 9

segregation

Answer 9

-high levels of segregation, blacks lived in area known as black bottom
-300,000 African Americans lived in Detroit in 1950

Question 10

what happened to the vacant buildings (sold)

Answer 10

-the land back authority took control and sold homeowners cheaper adjacent plots additionally

Question 11

what happened to the population

Answer 11

-it increased by roughly 2000 from 2023- 2024

Question 12

what happened to the vacant buildings (got rid)

Answer 12

-demolition of vacant buildings, almost 15000 removed since 2014

Question 13

how did they regenerate

Answer 13

-diversified industries to help improve economies and shift to innovation based sectors