Contemporary urban environments Flashcards
Megacity
A city or urban area with population of more than 10 million people
Urban growth
An increase in the number urban dwellers
Urbanisation
An increase in the proportion of a country’s population that lives in towns and cities
Urban sprawl
The spread of an urban area into the surrounding countryside
Counter-urbanisation
The movement of people from large urban areas into smaller urban or suburban areas
Decentralisation
The movement of population and industry from the urban centre to outlying areas
De-industrialisation
This refers to the loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector
World city
These are cities which have great influence on a global scale, because of their financial status and worldwide commercial power
Sub-urbanisation
The movement of people from living in the inner parts of a city to living on the outer edges
Gentrification
A form of inner-city regeneration. It involves the movement of affluent, usually young middle-class people into traditionally run down areas of an inner city
Urban resurgence
Refers to the regeneration, both economic and structural, of an urban area which has suffered a period of decline.
Homogenisation
The development of areas within cities that become indistinct from one another
Footloose industry
A business with considerate freedom in where it locates
