Social Problems - Chapter 15

Urbanization

the movement of people from the countries to the cities

Suburbs

urban areas beyond the political boundaries of cities

Megalopolis

a vast urban region containing a number of cities and the surrounding suburbs

Urban sprawl

unplanned, low-density development at the edge of expanding urban areas

Public housing

high–density apartment buildings constructed to house people with lower incomes

Supportive housing

a program that combines low-income housing with on-site social services

Enterprise zones

areas in the inner city that attract new businesses with the promise of tax relief

Jacob Riis(1849-1914)

opponent to tenement housing, immigrant from Denmark used photojournalism to expose the horror of tenements

1900

people believed that cities were the cause of social problems

1929

onset of the Great Depression

1945

After WWII, the baby boom occurred when the soldiers returned home

2008

the Great Recession

1949

Urban Housing Act

1974

Section 8 Program began