6.1 urban environments - a

Question 1

rate of urbanisation

Answer 1

growth in percentage of a population living and working in urban areas over time

Question 2

level of urbanisation

Answer 2

percentage of population living and working in urban areas

Question 3

agglomeration

Answer 3

concentration of people and economic activities at favourable locations

Question 4

suburbanisation

Answer 4

a population shift from central urban areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of urban sprawl

Question 5

urban re-imaging

Answer 5

re-building abandoned places into more useful, modern neighbourhoods

Question 6

example of urban re-imaging

Answer 6

deserted dockland and warehouses in London were re-generated into offices and apartments

Question 7

what is suburbanisation encouraged by

Answer 7

improvements in transport, arrival of more people

Question 8

urban re-generation

Answer 8

involves re-using areas in the old parts of towns or cities abandoned by people and businesses that have moved to the suburbs

Question 9

counter urbanisation

Answer 9

when people move from urban cities to rural areas

Question 10

urbanisation of suburbs

Answer 10

a population shift from central areas into suburbs

Question 11

rate of population growth

Answer 11

the rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases in a given time