Key Words Flashcards
Urban Sprawl
The Spreading of Urban development on undeveloped land near a city
Rural-Urban Fringe
Landscape interface between town and country
Commuter Settlement
An area whose residents tend to work elsewhere
Greenbelt
An area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted
Regeneration
Improving a place or system
Sustainability
The ability to be maintained at a certain rate, with avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance
Counter Urbanisation
a demographic and social process where by people move from urban to rural areas
Development
A positive change that makes things better
Gross national Income
Shows a person’s standard of living
Adult literacy rate
The percentage of adults that can read and write
Urban Sprawl
The spread of city buildings and houses into an area that used to be countryside
Aid
The giving of resources, training or money to assist developing nations
Top Down Aid
Rich countries building factories and roads and dams etc.
gives jobs and purposes eg. exporting goods
Doesn’t help the lower down members eg. farmers
Bottom Up Aid
Supplies services like health clinics or more seeds to plant for small scale, rural businesses.
Poor become richer, more demand for goods
Then more industry is built and government become wealthier as there is taxes.
Intermediate Technology
The simple easily learned and maintained technology used in a range of economic activities serving local needs in LICs
