Definitions of Key Concepts

Question 1

Deindustrialisation

Answer 1

The reduction of industrial activity in an area.

Question 2

Internal Migration

Answer 2

The movement of people within a country or nation.

Question 3

International Migration

Answer 3

People moving abroad to a different country or nation

Question 4

Decentralisation

Answer 4

Reduction of population in the centre as more people move out to the countryside when deindustrialisation occurs.

Question 5

E-Commerce

Answer 5

Using internet and websites to buy and sell goods

Question 6

Regeneration

Answer 6

The long term upgrading of existing places for urban, rural, industrial and commercial areas.

Question 7

Gentrification

Answer 7

When a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing and attracting business.

Question 8

Studentification

Answer 8

Process by which specific neighbourhoods increase in student population.

Question 9

Urban Structure (CBD to Rural-Urban Fringe)

Answer 9

The arrangement of land use in urban areas and how the city is set out.

Question 10

TNC Investment (FDI)

Answer 10

Investment from TNCs based in foreign countries.

Question 11

Regional Inequality

Answer 11

An imbalance in social, economic, environmental and political factors between regions of a country.

Question 12

Sustainable Strategies

Answer 12

Processes where resources are used responsibly, at a rate at which they won’t run out.

Question 13

UK / EU Regional Funding

Answer 13

Investment in one particular area with the focus of promoting its development and allowing urbanisation.

Question 14

Counter-Urbanisation

Answer 14

People loving urbranised areas to the economic periphery

Question 15

Interdependence

Answer 15

When a rural and urban area depend on each other for some things.

Question 16

Rural Diversification

Answer 16

When farms and farmers decide to expand the ways in which they generate income, for example setting up a farm café.