Definitions Flashcards
CBD
The commercial centre of an urban city
Inner city
The part of an urban area surrounding the CBD
Suburbs
An area where people live away from the centre of a town or city
De-industrialisation
The process of a country or region moving away from manufacturing and industry towards service based industries
Rate of urbanisation
The rise in the proportion of people living in towns and cities
Site
The characteristics of the piece of land that a settlement is built upon
Situation
The location of a settlement compared to its physical and human surroundings
Connectivity
The way that a settlement is linked to other settlements
Urbanisation
The increase in the number of people living in towns and cities compared to the countryside
Major city
A city with a population of at least 400,000
HDI
A measurement of life expectancy, access to education and GNI per capita used to asses how much progress a country has made
Population distribution
The pattern of how people are spread out in a area/country
Population density
The number of people living in an area usually measured in km2
Major urban area
Towns and cities with a large population and population density
Residential area
The part of a town or city where people live
