changing cities

Question 1

Developed Country

Answer 1

HIC- rich country e.g USA

Question 2

Emerging Country

Answer 2

NIC- newly industrialising country (rapidly developing) e.g Malaysia

Question 3

Developing Country

Answer 3

LIC- poor country e.g Kenya

Question 4

Urbanisation

Answer 4

Increased proportion of people moving from rural towns/ cities.

Question 5

Sub-urbanisation

Answer 5

Outward spread of built-up area

Question 6

Counter-urbanisation

Answer 6

Movement of people & employment from major cities to smaller settlements

Question 7

Re-urbanisation

Answer 7

Movement of people back towards city centres away from rural areas and from suburbs

Question 8

Natural Increase

Answer 8

Difference between birth rate & death rate

Question 9

Migration

Answer 9

Process of people changing their place of residence, within or between countries

Question 10

Megacities

Answer 10

Cities with 10 million + population

Question 11

Shanty Towns

Answer 11

Illegal, informal settlements built on disused land.

Question 12

Population Density

Answer 12

Number of people living per km^2

Question 13

Population Distribution

Answer 13

Spread of population over an area- densely (lots), sparsely (few)

Question 14

Conurbations

Answer 14

Large urban areas that have spread beyond a city e.g. Tyne & Wear

Question 15

Comprehensive development areas

Answer 15

Area (usually in inner city) where whole urban landscape was demolished before being rebuilt on a planned basis

Question 16

Primary

Answer 16

Extraction of raw materials – farming

Question 17

Secondary

Answer 17

Processing of raw materials – factory.

Question 18

Tertiary

Answer 18

Service provision – teacher

Question 19

Quaternary

Answer 19

High-tech research – development of vaccines

Question 20

Site

Answer 20

Actual location of a settlement on Earth

Question 21

Situation

Answer 21

Location of a place relative to its surroundings & other areas

Question 22

Connectivity

Answer 22

How places are linked – rail, road, airports

Question 23

De-industrialisation

Answer 23

Decline of industrial activity in a region or economy

Question 24

De-centralisation

Answer 24

Movement of people, factories, offices & shops away from city centres to suburban & edge of city locations

Question 25

Index of multiple deprivation

Answer 25

Measures 38 items grouped around 7 heading, income, employment, health, education, crime, access to services & living environment

Question 26

Inequality

Answer 26

Imbalance between people or areas

Question 27

Quality of life

Answer 27

Degree of well-being felt by a person or people in a particular area

Question 28

Core & frame

Answer 28

Core – central part (department stores, office blocks) and frame wholesale markets & transport termini

Question 29

Zone of assimilation

Answer 29

Area into which CBD is expanding e.g. houses converted to offices

Question 30

Zone of discard

Answer 30

Area in which CBD is retreating, often with old properties & many closed offices, shops & warehouses

Question 31

Informal employment

Answer 31

Part of an economy that is not taxed or monitored by government

Question 32

Aquifers

Answer 32

Rocks which store water

Question 33

Micro-particulates

Answer 33

Tiny particle with a chemical content suspended as a droplet in the air

Question 34

Bottom-up strategies

Answer 34

Policies decided by the people / community, cheap and effective

Question 35

Government led top-down initiatives

Answer 35

Government planning, usually expensive