Key Terms

Question 1

Rural-urban migration

Answer 1

• movement of ppl from countryside to towns + cities

Question 2

Core

Answer 2

• a region of concentrated eco. dev. w advanced systems of infrastructure, resulting in high average income + relatively low unemployment

Question 3

Counterurbanisation

Answer 3

• process of pop. decentralisation as ppl move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements + rural areas

Question 4

Macro-level

Answer 4

• large scale

Question 5

Meso-level

Answer 5

• intermediate scale

Question 6

Micro-level

Answer 6

• small scale

Question 7

Core-periphery

Answer 7

• contrast between core + periphery regions

Question 8

Source area

Answer 8

• region from which a group of migrants originates

Question 9

Remittances

Answer 9

• money sent home to families by migrants working elsewhere

Question 10

Depopulation

Answer 10

• absolute decline in the pop. of an area, frequently caused by out-migration

Question 11

Periphery

Answer 11

• a region of low or declining eco. dev. characterised by low incomes, high unemployment, selective out-migration + poor infrastructure

Question 12

Family life cycle

Answer 12

• state when families w children pass through various stages over time, w corresponding changes in housing needs

Question 13

Concentric zone

Answer 13

• circular zone around the CBD w common land use/socio-economic characteristics

Question 14

Central business district (CBD)

Answer 14

• commercial + geographical heart of a city