Urban decay facts for kids
Urban decay is the process whereby a city or area goes into conditions of disrepair or becomes decrepit or filled with blight. Urban decay involves white flight, population changes, depopulation, economic troubles, high local unemployment, higher than usual crime and political issues. Blight is associated with condemned homes, empty lots and deserted areas that oftentimes attract criminal activity.
Images for kids
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Michenzani housing project, Ng'ambo, Zanzibar City, Tanzania
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Urban decay in the United States: Presidents Jimmy Carter (5 October 1976) and Ronald Reagan (5 August 1980) campaigned before this ruin on Charlotte Street in the South Bronx, New York City.
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An early slum replacement in Islington built by George Peabody in the 19th century
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Many areas that suffered population decline from the 1970s still have signs of urban decay, such as this derelict building in Birkenhead, Merseyside
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Council houses in Scampia, Naples
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Pruitt–Igoe public housing, St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1950s, this urban renewal project was built; it failed and was razed in the 1970s.
See also
In Spanish: Obsolescencia urbana para niños
