Challenges Of An Urbanising World Flashcards
What is urbanisation?
The general trend of people moving to towns and cities, compared to rural areas.
What is suburbanisation?
Increased amounts of people moving to the outskirts of a city - in the residential areas.
What is counter-urbanisation?
People moving away from the cities.
What is re-urbanisation?
A place that has a resurgence in people moving there after experiencing counter-urbanisation.
What are the 5 sections in the Burgess land use model?
- CBD (central business district)
- Inner City
- Inner Suburbs
- Outer Suburbs
- Rural-Urban Fringe
How could a railway, for example, affect this land use?
A railway would attract a lot more factories, causing the inner city section to run along side it.
What are the characteristics of the CBD?
- Tall skyscrapers
- Services
- Crowded
- Good transportation links
- Shopping malls and pedestrian precincts
What are the characteristics of the Inner City?
- High population
- Most people living in multistory buildings
What are the characteristics of the Inner Suburbs?
- Lower population density than CBD and Inner City
- Terraced housing
- Land prices cheaper than CBD and Inner City
- Local shops and places of worship are common
What are the characteristics of the Outer Suburbs?
- Detached houses
- Modern housing estates
- Land prices cheaper than CBD and Inner City
- Local shops and places of worship are common
What are the characteristics of the Rural-Urban Fringe?
Mixture of land uses:
- Airports
- Golf courses
- Allotments
- Business parks
- Housing
What is a mega city?
A city with a population of ten million people or more.
What is a world city?
A city with importance and influence beyond what their size would suggest.
What are the three world city ratings?
- World City
- Alpha +
- Alpha ++
Name a world city?
Any from:
Mexico City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Brussels, Frankfurt, Moscow, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Seoul
