KEY TERMS - changing urban enviroments

Question 1

urbanisation

Answer 1

the increase in the population of the worlds population who live in cities

Question 2

migration

Answer 2

the movement of a person from one place to another, involving a permanent move of home for over a year

Question 3

natural increase

Answer 3

natural population increase caused when the birth rate is higher than the death rate

Question 4

CBD

Answer 4

central business district

Question 5

brown field

Answer 5

a previously developed piece of land now available for redevelopment

Question 6

green field

Answer 6

an undeveloped piece of land with proposed first time development

Question 7

squatter settlements

Answer 7

areas of cities (usually on the out skirts but not always) built (illegally) by people of any materials they can find. also can be know as shanty towns

Question 8

informal sector

Answer 8

jobs created by people but no recognised officially

Question 9

mega city

Answer 9

urban areas with population in excess of 10 million people

Question 10

sustainability

Answer 10

looking after the needs of today without reducing opportunities for the future

Question 11

sustainable city

Answer 11

will use less resources and produce less than an unsustainable city

Question 12

urban ecological footprint

Answer 12

the amount of land needed to sustain the cities population and absorb waste (will grow along with the city)

Question 13

green belt

Answer 13

land on the edge of a built up area where restrictions are in place on building. to prevent the outward expansion of towns and cities to protect the environment

Question 14

urban sprawl

Answer 14

the uncontrolled outward expansion of the building up of a town, it is stopped by green belts