Challenges Of Living In An Urban Environment

Question 1

Quality of life

Answer 1

The standard of living that people experience

Question 2

Urban area

Answer 2

A large built up town or city

Question 3

Urbanisation

Answer 3

The growth of urban areas

Question 4

Conurbation

Answer 4

A large town or city created by the merging of smaller towns

Question 5

Rural area

Answer 5

An area of countryside with villages and small settlements

Question 6

Counter urbanisation

Answer 6

The movement of people away from towns and cities into rural areas

Question 7

Migration (voluntary/involuntary)

Answer 7

The movement of people between areas (from choice/force)

Question 8

Commuting

Answer 8

Travelling to work.

Question 9

Commuter

Answer 9

People who live in one location and work on another

Question 10

Suburb/suburban land use

Answer 10

The outskirts of a town and city, characteristically lower density housing and newer industry

Question 11

Green belt

Answer 11

A designated area of land

Question 12

CBD

Answer 12

Central business district of a town or city, with a large concentration of offices and shops

Question 13

Inner city

Answer 13

Area surrounding the CBD. Characteristically an area of older, high density housing with old factories and warehouses

Question 14

Redevelopment

Answer 14

Urban improvement scheme that involves upgrading of existing buildings

Question 15

Squatter settlement/shanty towns

Answer 15

Parts of towns or cities usually in LEDCs where people live in low cost, self built housing

Question 16

‘site and service’ schemes

Answer 16

Initiatives that improve housing by providing plots of land with essential services. Settlers them build their own homes.

Question 17

Amenities/facilities

Answer 17

Services provided for people either in their homes or in their locality

Question 18

Tenure

Answer 18

Type of ownership (eg. Rented, owner occupied)

Question 19

Owner-occupied

Answer 19

Type of housing tenure where residents have bought or are buying their home

Question 20

Public/private rented

Answer 20

Rented from council/land lord

Question 21

Housing association

Answer 21

An organisation given government grants to buy/build or improve housing usually for rent. A high proportion of tennants are from housing lists

Question 22

Housing type

Answer 22

Classification of housing according to whether it is detached, terraced etc.

Question 23

Socio-economic group

Answer 23

Classification of people according to their occupation (eg. Professional, manual, skilled)

Question 24

Services/service provision

Answer 24

Facilities provided for the general public

Question 25

High/low order shopping centre

Answer 25

Different levels of shopping centre graded according to the size of catchment area and type of retail outlets

Question 26

Shopping centre hierarchy

Answer 26

The organisation of shopping into a theoretical pyramid according to their size

Question 27

Shopping goods

Answer 27

Shopping items that can be classified as to whether they are ‘everyday goods’, ‘comparison goods’ or ‘specialised goods’

Question 28

New town

Answer 28

A new urban settlement developed as a planned community

Question 29

Threshold population

Answer 29

Number of people needed to make a service worth while

Question 30

Sphere of influence

Answer 30

The radius of which a service attracts people

Question 31

Shopping parade

Answer 31

A small residential road leading away from the centre of town with lots of, typically low order, shops.

Eg. Mill road