Changing Cities

Question 1

what is urbanisation?

Answer 1

the increase in the number of people living in towns and cities compared to the number of people living in the countryside.

Question 2

what is an urban area?

Answer 2

towns and cities - built up areas.

Question 3

what is a developed country?

Answer 3

a country with very high human development

Question 4

what is an emerging country?

Answer 4

a country with a high and medium human development.

Question 5

what is a developing country?

Answer 5

a country with low human development - a poor country.

Question 6

what is a mega city?

Answer 6

a very large city with a population of over 10 million people.

Question 7

what is a major city?

Answer 7

a city with the population of at least 400,000 people.

Question 8

what is rural to urban migration?

Answer 8

movement of people from the countryside to the city.

Question 9

what is counter urbanisation?

Answer 9

the movement of people and employment from major cities to smaller settlements and rural areas.

Question 10

what is re-urbanisation?

Answer 10

the movement of people towards city centres and away from rural areas and suburbs.

Question 11

what is distribution?

Answer 11

the arrangement of something

Question 12

what is the density of population?

Answer 12

the number of people in an area - usually given as people per square kilometre.

Question 13

what is a region?

Answer 13

a unit within a country

Question 14

what is a major urban centre?

Answer 14

an area which has a high population density and is made up of houses, industrial buildings, factories and transport routes.

Question 15

what is rate of urbanisation?

Answer 15

the speed at which settlements are built

Question 16

what is the degree of urbanisation?

Answer 16

the amount of built up area that has developed within a region.

Question 17

what is a choropleth map?

Answer 17

a map that uses shading in one colour to show distribution/density

Question 18

list the factors that affect urbanisation in the UK.

Answer 18

1. ports
2. retirement
3. natural resources
4. industrialisation
5. enclosure acts (1750 - 1860_
6. tourism

Question 19

why does population density vary?

Answer 19

north - population tends to be lower as there are fewer major cities.
the population density also tends to be lower in areas of high relief land as it is harder to build settlements and there are often adverse weather conditions.
the population density tends to be higher in the south because there is netter climate, accessibility snd its lower relief which makes it easier to build settlements on.

Question 20

what factors caused the rate and degree of urbanisation to differ between the regions of the UK?

Answer 20

physical factors - relief of the land
historical factors - industrial revolution caused factory towns to grow larger.
tourism - coastal towns attract tourists
natural resources.
economic factors
political factors - London is the centre of the UK government.

Question 21

what is a land use zone?

Answer 21

the area if the town which contains the main shopping area, banks, offices, restaurants and public buildings like the Town hall and Parish Church, few people live here.

Question 22

what is a transect?

Answer 22

the area surrounding the town - not built up - farms, villages and woodland

Question 23

what is the central business district (CBD)?

Answer 23

area of the city containing private and council houses, schools and shopping parades built in the 1920s and 1930s.

Question 24

what is the inner city?

Answer 24

terraced houses for factory workers - some now replaced with high rise flats. small corner shops.

Question 25

what are the inner suburbs?

Answer 25

larger houses usually with gardens, some parks and some rows shops.

Question 26

what are the outer suburbs?

Answer 26

new houses and estates. new shopping centres, parks and other open areas.

Question 27

what is the old industrial area?

Answer 27

along a river, canal or railway. Many old factories are now closed - area may look run down.

Question 28

what is the new industrial area?

Answer 28

industrial estates and business parks built since 1970s - close to main roads.

Question 29

what is deindustrialisation?

Answer 29

the decline in industrial activity in an area