C4: City Flashcards
Urban Growth
Increase in the size of human population
Urbanization
Percentage Increase in Urban Population
Population Change
Natural Increase - Net Migration
Megalopolis
The combination of a few adjacent neighbouring metropolitan areas
Urban-rural continuum / Rural-Urban Fringe
A zone where the population density changes from rural areas to urban areas
Rural-urban migration
Migration of people from rural areas to urban areas
Suburbanization
Population Migration from urban areas to suburbs and new towns
Rural Decay
The declining situation of the economy and community in rural areas
Urban Decay
A part of a city has a gradual falling function
Urban Encroachment
Expansion of urban population and economic activities into rural areas
Urban Sprawl
Horizontal Expansion of a growing city
What are the reasons for the continuing increase in human population in the past 60 years?
- Migrants from the mainland China (legal & illegal)
- Natural Increase (Post-War Baby Boom, Decrease: Zero-quota policy)
- Rural-Urban Migration (Push & Pull Factors –> resulting in rural & urban decay)
Succession
A process with a place or population being succeeded by another group.
- Filtering: Downward shift of social groups with the decrease in quality of urban environment
- Gentrification: Upward shift of social groups with the increase in the quality of urban environment
State some new towns developed in the early 1970s.
Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun
State some new towns developed in the late 1970s.
Tai Po, Fanling / Sheung Shui / Yuen Long
