The Urban Environment

Action Project by Tim MiglioreAP English Period 1.

A view of Midtown Manhattan

When we think of a city we think of glittering skyscrapers,

View of Downtown Miami, Florida

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Condos

Both from Newark, New Jersey

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What We Don’t think about is this…

Baltimore, Maryland

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This concept is called “urban decay”

View of Residential areas in Camden, New Jersey

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Some of the worst areas are in Camden

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In 1950 the city had a total population of124,555 but in 2011 it was 77,344.

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According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Camden has been the nation’s most dangerous city in 2004, 2005, 2009.

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According to Wikkipedia and other sources a third of the people of Camden live under the poverty line.

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Government Corruption, Poverty, Crime, and Corporate Greed have caused this.

Detroit, Michigan

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Detroit, Michigan: 1950 Pop: 1,849,5682000 Pop: 951,2702010 Pop: 713,777

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With the big three auto-makers failing, Detroit has plummeted.

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Whole entire neighborhoods, once populated, are now totally empty

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Urban Decay is so bad that several major buildings in downtown Detroit are abandoned!!!

Video from news organization about Detroit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gep91lWjvvo

Decay in other cities

St Louis

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Philadelphia

Cleveland

Hartford

Left: a city in Cambodia. Right: an abandoned section of Detroit.

Is the third world really different from ours?

And they must be dealt with immediately or scenes like the one above will be more common.

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Urban decay and poverty are global issues