Changing Places - Terminology

The process where a poorer area is changed by wealthier people moving in and typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.

• Gentrification

• Infrastructure

• Segregation

• Culture

The capital or chief city of a country or region.

• Suburbs

• Transit

• Metropolis

• Urbanization

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

• Causation

• Change

• Civil Rights

• Culture

The physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

• Infrastructure

• Education

• Urbanization

• Commuter

A person who travels some distance to work on a regular basis.

• Educator

• Commuter

• City planner

• Transit

The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

• Causation

• Civil Rights

• Segregation

• Urbanization

An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

• Suburbs

• Metropolis

• Transit

• Urbanization

The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.

• Culture

• Change

• Gentrification

• Education

The population shift from rural to urban areas and the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas.

• Change

• Gentrification

• Urbanization

• Segregation

A system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public.

• Commuter

• Education

• Public Transport

• Civil Rights