This Is the Process Involving the Displacement of Lower-Income Residents

question 55

Multiple Choice

This is the process involving the displacement of lower-income residents of central-city neighborhoods by higher-income residents,the improvement of deteriorated innercity landscapes,and the construction of shopping complexes,sports and entertainment attractions,and convention centers in selected
Downtown locations.

• A) hierarchical diffusion
• B) centripetal forces
• C) gentrification
• D) counterurbanization
• E) urban decentralization

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