Definitions Flashcards
What is urbanisation
The increasing proportion of people living in towns and cities
What is counter urbanisation
The movement of people from large urban areas into smaller rural areas
What is suburbanisation
Growth of areas on the edge of cities
What is urban resurgence
When an area of former decline is brought back to life due to some form of external investment
What is urban sprawl
Spread of a city into the surrounding area
What is urban form
The physical characteristics that make up a built area, including shape, size, density and the organisation of settlements
What is a fortress landscape
An area specifically designed around surveillance, security, protection and exclusion
What is decentralisation
The movement of people and industry from a city into the outlaying area
What is a greenbelt
And area of low density land where further development is strictly conteolled
What is the doughnut effect
The city centre becomes hollow as business and people move to the outskirts of the city
What is a heritage site
Usually a famous land mark
- can relate to culture
- create tourism
What is an edge city
A developed metropolitan area outside the main city.
What is deindustrialisation
Loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector
