Key vocabulary ( Topic 3, Challenges of an urbanising world)

Question 1

What is a brownfield site

Answer 1

Land previously used for industrial purposes or some commercial uses

Question 2

What does CBD stand for and what does it mean

Answer 2

a) Central Business District

b) The central area of a city.

Question 3

Define Conurbation

Answer 3

An area in which a number of existing urban areas have grown and merged into a single large urban area.

Question 4

Define De-industrialisation

Answer 4

The decline of industrial activity in a region or in an economy

Question 5

Define Formal employment

Answer 5

Jobs where people work for regular pay, have employment rights and pay taxes

Question 6

Define informal employment

Answer 6

Unofficial work, often without regular pay and employment rights ( Or payement of taxes)

Question 7

Define megacity

Answer 7

A very large city with a population of over 10 million people ( Not to be confused with primate)

Question 8

Define primary sector

Answer 8

Any industry involved with the extraction of raw materials

e.g Farming, mining agriculture, forestry, fishing

Question 9

Define secondary sector

Answer 9

The economy sector associated with manufacturing.

e.g Construction worker, Industrial engineer, machinist

Question 10

Define Tertiary sector

Answer 10

The economic sector associated with providing a service

Education, healthcare, entertainment, transport or trade are part of the tertiary sector.

Question 11

Define Quaternary sector

Answer 11

Economic activity associated with the intellectual or knowledge based economy

e.g academic researcher, financial analyst, web developer, movie director, writer or painter

Question 12

Define Primate city ( world city)

Answer 12

The largest city in a country which dominates its economy, politics and often infrastructure

Question 13

What is “Pull Factor”

Answer 13

Something that attracts people to a place

Question 14

What is “Push Factor”

Answer 14

The opposite of Pull factor, Something that encourages people to leave a place.

Question 15

Define Rural - Urban Migration

Answer 15

The movement of people from the country side of towns and cities

Question 16

Define Urban economy

Answer 16

The structure of business and jobs in a city

Question 17

Define Urban Primacy

Answer 17

When a city has an importance and influence bigger than its size would suggest

Question 18

Define Urbanisation

Answer 18

The increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities, causing them to grow

Question 19

Define Urban-rural fringe

Answer 19

The area around the edge of a city where urban and rural land uses mix.