Urban blight

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See also Urban Blight (band)

Symptoms of urban blight in Newburgh, New York: 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 waste, or dangerous and/or illegal uses such as crack houses." [1]

The concept of blight has often been used as a justification for urban renewal projects.

Garbage is often a sign of urban blight as are undeveloped lots in urban areas like this one in Richmond, California.

Urban blight in Salak South, Kuala Lumpur.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

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

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