important concepts ( for prelims )

Question 1

issues with inner city

Answer 1

• buildings get delapedated due to lost of people living in them

Question 2

whats transition zone or zone of decay

Answer 2

• located between urban area and country side on urban outskirts
• potentially expensive because the area can be re developed through invasion and succsesion
• fascadism is commonly found ( decay of front of building)

Question 3

whats gentrification

Answer 3

• redevelopment of lower class

Question 4

whats abstraction

Answer 4

• erosion on the watershed
  -causes river rejuvination
• due to shift of water shed
• can form misfit streams and stream capture

Question 5

difference between brown and green field areas

Answer 5

A brownfield site is defined as any land that has previously been built on. Think disused factories, outmoded office buildings, or any location that was once a work site. A greenfield site sits at the opposite end of this spectrum, referring to land that has yet to be developed.

Question 6

whats river rejuvination

Answer 6

• river starts to flow faster and has renwed energy and a increase in erosion
• features are knick point or waterfall
• trellases and incised meanders
• caused by a drop in sea level
• land rises
• increased rainfall
• stream piracy