Changes In Rural Settlements Terms

Question 1

Rural

Answer 1

Rural is belonging to or relating to life in the countryside, in contrast to an urban lifestyle.

Question 2

Rural landscape

Answer 2

Rural landscape is a mental or visual picture of countryside scenery which is difficult to define as rural areas are constantly changing and vary from place to place

Question 3

Rural population

Answer 3

Rural population is people living in the countryside in farms, isolated houses, hamlets and villages. Under some definitions small market towns are classed as rural.

Question 4

Gentrification

Answer 4

Gentrification is the in-migration of people from higher socio- economic groups into areas where the existing population is generally of a lower socio-economic group compared to the newcomers

Question 5

Green belt

Answer 5

Green belt is an area of open land retained round a city or town over which there are wide-ranging planning restrictions upon development

Question 6

Key village

Answer 6

Key village is a village designated to be developed in terms of the goods and services available to its own population and the population of a designated surrounding area.

Question 7

Counterurbanisation

Answer 7

Counterurbanisation is the process of population decentralisation as people move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements and rural areas.

Question 8

Rural depopulation

Answer 8

Rural depopulation is the decrease in population of rural areas, whether by out-migration or by falling birth rates as young people move away, usually to urban areas.

Question 9

Urbanisation of poverty

Answer 9

Urbanisation of poverty is the increasing concentration of poverty in urban areas in developing countries due at least partly to high levels of rural–urban migration

Question 10

Urban hierarchy

Answer 10

Urban hierarchy is the grouping together of urban areas into distinctive levels of functional importance. Settlements at the top of the hierarchy have larger populations, a wider range of functions and more extensive market areas than settlements lower down the hierarchy.

Question 11

Town

Answer 11

Town is a centre of population and business that is the next step up the urban hierarchy from a village.

Question 12

Village

Answer 12

Village is a group of houses and other buildings such as a church, a school and some shops. A village is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, usually ranging from a few hundred people to a few thousand.

Question 13

Metropolitan village

Answer 13

Metropolitan village is a village which has been transformed into a commuter settlement because of its proximity to a large urban area.

Question 14

Hamlet

Answer 14

Hamlet is a very small rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village. It lacks a church and usually all other services.

Question 15

LEDCs

Answer 15

LEDCs are Less Economically Developed Countries.

Question 16

MEDCs

Answer 16

MEDCs are More Economically Developed Countries.