Week 12 - Living and Working in Cities

Question 1

Housing - Commodity

Answer 1

expense/investment (capitalist)

Question 2

Housing - Entitlement

Answer 2

universal right (socialist)

Question 3

Filtering

Answer 3

when housing units transition from 1 income group to another income group (downward filtering more common then upward)

Question 4

Gentrification

Answer 4

process of inner city neighborhood social change resulting from the in-movement of higher income groups

Question 5

gentrification (Physical & symbolic Change) (4)

Answer 5

• physical upgrading
• new retail stores
• change in identity
• reduction in household size

Question 6

Segregated Neighborhoods

Answer 6

inclusive: welcome members of same group
exclusive: non-group members likely to be shunned
(Ex: Chinese immigrants 19th century)

Question 7

Chinatown

Answer 7

mode of social control

Question 8

Why are some people deprived of basic needs? (4)

Answer 8

cycle of poverty (generational transfer)
personal characteristics (joining gangs, lower education)
structural class conflict (capitalist system)
institutional (control of resources can control poverty)

Question 9

homelessness

Answer 9

people who dont have cnventional access to a dwelling

Question 10

4 degrees of homelessness*

Answer 10

1) rooflessness (sleep in open air)
2) Houselessness (shelters)
3) living in insecure housing (couch surfers)
4) living in inadequate accommodation (overcrowded)

Question 11

Some long-term solutions to homelessness (3)

Answer 11

• increase supply
• supportive services (budgeting etc.)
• income support (help with rent)