The question
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________ Urban renewal and gentrification: who gains, who is displaced, and the policy responses (7 points)
(A) Identify Identify one characteristic of a city neighborhood that often makes it attractive to gentrification. [1 point]
Identify means: Give the information asked for: a word or short phrase can earn the point, with no reasons needed.
(B) Describe Describe the process of gentrification. [1 point]
Describe means: Give the relevant characteristics: what it is like, where and how much. A name alone earns nothing.
(C) Explain Explain one way gentrification can benefit a city government. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(D) Explain Explain how gentrification can lead to the displacement of long-time renters. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(E) Compare Compare urban renewal and gentrification as causes of neighborhood change. [1 point]
Compare means: Give a similarity or a difference and say it about both things, not one.
(F) Explain Explain how one policy at the local scale can reduce the displacement of residents in a gentrifying neighborhood. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(G) Explain the degree Explain the degree to which push and pull factors explain why long-time residents leave a gentrifying neighborhood. [1 point]
Explain the degree means: State the degree first (to a high, moderate or low degree), then explain why with evidence.