Geography (Key Terms) Flashcards
Urbanization
percentage of people living in towns and cities
Settlement
a place where people live; it could be a hamlet, village, town, or city.
Urban area
a built-up area (a large town or city); it’s the opposite of rural
Rural area
an area that is mainly countryside; it may have villages and small towns.
Squatter Settlement
An area of slum housing built illegally on vacant land
De-industrialisation
The loss of industry in a area
Urban Sprawl
The outward growth of an urban area into near by settlement
Slums
An area of a city with very poor housing and living conditions
Counter Urbanization
The movement of people from urban areas to live in rural areas
Brownfield site
A place which has been used up, in an urban area and planning to renovate again
Greenfield site
New land which is available for edge of the city
Communism
type of economy where all property, including land, factories and companies, is held by the government.
Capitalism
Special economic zone
an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country
Relief
the term used for the differences in height from place to place on the land’s surface
