Key Terminology Flashcards
What is Urbanisation?
Process of concentrating population in urban areas
What is the word that best describes: “a built-up area such as a town or a city.”?
Urban.
Define Rural.
An area of countryside with sparse buildings.
C.B.D stands for?
Central Business District.
The process by which older (often rundown) housing areas, usually close to the city center, become socially more desirable and are physically and socially upgraded… is what term?
Gentrification.
What does Gentrification mean?
The process by which older (often rundown) housing areas, usually close to the city center, become socially more desirable and are physically and socially upgraded.
Define Rural-urban migration
People moving from rural areas to urban areas
Re-urbanization means:
The revitalization of ______ areas and a movement of _______ back into these areas.
The revitalization of (urban) areas and a movement of (people) back into these areas.
Urban Renewal.
Refers to the rehabilitation of city areas that have fallen into decline e.g Manhattan, New York.
The process by which people, factories, offices, and shops move out of the central areas of cities and into the suburbs… is what term?
Suburbanisation.
Suburb + urbanization OR the “Urban moving into suburbs.”
Urban Sprawl.
The uncontrolled growth of urban areas at their edges.
“sprawl” - means uncontrollable or out of control.
Counter-urbanization
OR
An “urban backfire” in our terms… is the process of what?
Process of population movement away from large cities to smaller towns, new towns, and villages in the countryside. Also known as, the “rural population turn-around.”
A Megacity is a city with more than what number of population?
A city with more than 10 million inhabitants.
What is the purpose of a Green Belt?
Aim to stop urban sprawl and the merging of settlements, preserve the character of historic towns, protect the countryside and encourage development to locate within existing built-up areas.
Define ‘Cumulative Causation’
Introducing a new industry or expanding an existing industry in an area also encourages growth in other industrial sectors. An upward spiral of growth is created.
OR
Accumulate (gathering of something) and cause (reasons). The upward spiral of causes that encourage growth.
