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    The document discusses urban renewal and problems faced by modern cities. It lists issues like pollution, poverty, and crime that cities struggle to address. Urban renewal aims to solve such problems through renovation of existing urban structures, redevelopment of whole areas, land reclamation, and diversification of local economies. The career of urban planner is profiled as helping cities through strategic planning and community development.

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    Understanding Urban Places (Part 2)

    1. List all the modern city problems described on page 143.


    a. __________________________
    b. __________________________
    c. __________________________
    d. __________________________
    e. __________________________

    2. Why are cities often unable to fix theses problems? ___________________________


    3. What problems are the people in Fig 8.14 trying to solve? ______________________
    4. What are the 4 types of urban renewal?
    a. _____________________
    b. _____________________
    c. _____________________
    d. _____________________
    5. What is renovation?
    _______________________________________________________________
    6. List one of the examples of renovation that the textbook describes.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    7. What is redevelopment?
    ___________________________________________________________________________
    8. Where is this type of renewal most common and why?
    ___________________________________________________________________________
    9. What is land reclamation?
    ___________________________________________________________________________
    10. Why is Toronto trying to reclaim the West Don Lands?
    ___________________________________________________________________________
    11. What is diversifying? _________________________________________________________
    12. What industry did Elliot Lake use to be based around? _______________________________
    13. What is the town now trying to market itself as? ____________________________________
    14. Which of the four renewal types is pictured in Fig 8.15 _______________________________
    15. What Geo Career is profiled on page 146? _________________________________________
    16. What is involved in this career?
    ____________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________

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