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21 Cards in this Set
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Gateway City
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a city that serves as a link between one country or region and others because of its physical situation
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Informal Sector
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economic activities that take place beyond official record, not subject to formalized systems of regulations and remunerations
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Megacity
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a very large city characterized by both primacy and high centrality within its national economy
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Shock City
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a city that is seen as the embodiment of surprising and disturbing changes in economic, social, and cultural life
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Squatter Settlements
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residential developments that take place on land that is neither owned nor rented by its occupants
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Urban Ecology
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the social and demographic composition of city districts and neighborhoods
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Urban System
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an interdependent set of urban developments within a specified region
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Urbanism
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the way of life, attitudes, values, and patterns of behavior forested by urban settings
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World City
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a city in which a disproportionate part of the world's most important business is conducted
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Cycle of Poverty
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the transmission of poverty and deprivation from one generation to another through a combination of domestic circumstances and local, neighborhood conditions
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Gentrification
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the invasion of older, centrally located working-class neighborhoods by higher-income households seeking the character and convenience of less expensive and well-located residences
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Minority Groups
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population subgroups that are seen - or see themselves - as somehow different from the general population
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Redlining
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the practice whereby lending institutions delimit "bad-risk" neighborhoods on a city map and then use the map as the basis for determining loans
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Segregation
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the spatial separation of specific population subgroups within a wider population
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Underclass
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a subset of the poor, isolated from mainstream values and the formal labor market
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Underemployment
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a situation in which people work less than full time even though they would prefer to work more hours
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International Criminal Court
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established in 2002; permanent tribunal court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes; look at Uganda, DRC, Sudan, and Central African Republic; 110 nations are members; located in Haig in Netherlands
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Lord's Resistance Army
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led by Joseph Kony; formed in 1987 and is engaged in an armed rebellion against Ugandan government; abducted nearly 35000 children because they make good slaves and soldiers
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Joseph Kony
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leader of Lord's Resistance Army; states he was directed by the Lord to take on Uganda
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Night Commuters
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refer to children who sleep on the floors of hospitals because they are afraid to sleep at their homes. Hospitals are considered safe places where they won't be abducted
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Internationally displaced people's camp
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civilian populations of Northern Uganda, 90% of population live in these camps; some have been abducted and returned while others have family members that have been abducted; 45% said they witnessed a family member being abducted or killed
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