Urban blight

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Symptoms of urban blight: graffiti-covered abandoned and deteriorating buildings and garbage-strewn vacant lots.

Blight is a "condition of property or the uses of property in parts of a city, town, or neighborhood that are detrimental to the physical, social, and/or economic well-being of a community. It can include abandoned buildings or those severely neglected by their owners, vacant lots full of rubble and garbage, or dangerous and/or illegal uses such as crack houses." [link]

See also

• Ghetto
• Slum
• Berman v. Parker
• Kelo v. City of New London
• Donald Schön

References

• [UrbanPlan (Glossary)]
• [Sacramento Transportation and Air Quality Collaborative (Glossary)]
• [County of Monterey (Glossary)]

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