A. Fieldwork Question & Geographic Context How are the prices of housing affected by the location of malls in the Washington DC Metro Area? By sampling housing that is for sale within a 2-mile radius of two malls in the Washington DC metro area, the correlation between location of malls and housing prices can be found. Two malls will be surveyed in the Washington DC Metro area in order to answer this question. Tyson’s Galleria, located in Tyson’s Corner, between Vienna and McLean, Virginia, is the largest shopping mall in Virginia and is located 12.5 miles (20.1 kilometers) from the Central Business District of Washington D.C. The second mall being sampled is Landmark Mall, which is located in a triangle formed by Duke Street (Virginia State Route 236), Shirley Highway (I-395), and Van Dorn Street (Virginia State Route 401) in Alexandria, Virginia. By sampling similar housing and find the pricing differences between the housing near each mall, a positive or negative correlation between the two factors can be found. The Tyson’s Galleria mall has been very popular and successful in the recent years, dating back to its opening. The mall was opened in 1968 and is now home to over 300 stores and services. This success could be a factor in the housing pricing near the mall, precisely what will be determined by the investigation. Landmark mall on the other hand has become unpopular, and run down in the recent years. It was opened in 1965 and actually declared bankruptcy in April 2009. Again this could factor into the housing prices that surround the area. The IA relates of urbanization because it surveys housing prices, and determines factors that effect them in an urban MEDC, and in relation to a CBD (Washington DC). ... ... middle of paper ... ...n evaluating this work, it is apparent that the question was in fact answered, and done so with data with is current, and verified; this in itself makes the internal assessment a success. Works Cited Weisstein, Eric W. "Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient -- from Wolfram MathWorld." Wolfram MathWorld: The Web's Most Extensive Mathematics Resource. Wolfram. Web. 19 Dec. 2011. . "Google Maps Distance Calculator." Daft Logic. Web. 19 Dec. 2011. . "Google Maps." Google. Web. 19 Dec. 2011. . Zillow - Real Estate, Homes for Sale, Recent Sales, Apartment Rentals. Web. 19 Dec. 2011. . Metropolitan Regional Information Systems. Web. 19 Dec. 2011. .
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... motivation for wealthy individuals to return to the inner-city core but it also provides impetus for commercial and retail mixed-use to follow, increasing local revenue for cities (Duany, 2001). Proponents of gentrification profess that this increase in municipal revenue from sales and property taxes allows for the funding of city improvements, in the form of job opportunities, improved schools and parks, retail markets and increased sense of security and safety ((Davidson (2009), Ellen & O’Reagan (2007), Formoso et. al (2010)). Due to the increase in housing and private rental prices and the general decrease of the affordable housing stock in gentrifying areas, financially-precarious communities such as the elderly, female-headed households, and blue-collar workers can no longer afford to live in newly developed spaces ((Schill & Nathan (1983), Atkinson, (2000)).
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Mystique Caston Ms. Jefferson English 22 february 2016 Gentrification and Chicago Gentrification and chicago “Gentrification refers to trends in the neighborhood development that tend to attract more affluent residents, and in the instances concentrates scale commercial investment. ”(Bennet,).This means that gentrification can change how a neighborhood is ran or even how much income the community takes in depending on what businesses come in and what class of people decide to invest into that community. In this paper i will be discussing gentrification and and poverty, pros and cons of gentrification, relationships due to gentrification, conflict due to gentrification, reactions/ feelings or of small business owners about
By the turn of the seventeenth century twelve of the English colonies were well on their way to surviving in the New World. The only colony not begun before 1700 was Georgia. These twelve colonies though unique as individual colonies several began to form similarities. Although by the 18th century Eastern America had been colonized by Englishmen, motives, geography, and settlers themselves created two distinct societies, New England and Chesapeake.
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