Keywords

Question 1

Self help

Answer 1

Where local authorities help squatter settlers improve their homes through grants an loans.

Question 2

Disposal of waste

Answer 2

Safely getting rid of unwanted items such as solid waste.

Question 3

urbanisation

Answer 3

A process where an increasing proportion of the population lives in towns and cities.

Question 4

sustainable community

Answer 4

a community that is in balance with the environment and offers people a good quality of life.

Question 5

squatter settlements

Answer 5

Areas of cities that are built by people of any materials they can find on land that does not belong to them.

Question 6

Function

Answer 6

the purpose of a particular area

Question 7

Air pollution

Answer 7

putting harmful substances into the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide.

Question 8

brownfield site

Answer 8

Land that has been built on before and can be cleared and reused.

Question 9

Site and service

Answer 9

land divided into individual plots and water, sanitation, electricity supplied before any building by residents begins.

Question 10

Regeneration

Answer 10

improving an area.

Question 11

Central Business District

Answer 11

the main shopping, office and service area in a city.

Question 12

Water pollution

Answer 12

Putting poisonous substances into waste courses such as sewage, industrial effluent and harmful chemicals.

Question 13

Rural to urban migration

Answer 13

A process in which people move from the countryside to towns.

Question 14

Greenfield site

Answer 14

land that has not been built on before, usually on the edge of the city.

Question 15

Informal sector

Answer 15

Jobs that are created by people to try and earn an income, e.g. Mending bikes, selling flowers.

Question 16

urban development corporation

Answer 16

Set up in the 1980’s and 1990’s using public funding to buy land and improve them by attracting private investment.

Question 17

Industrialisation

Answer 17

An increasing proportion of the population are employed in the manufacturing sector of the economy.

Question 18

Sustainable City

Answer 18

An urban area where residents have a way of life that will last a long time. the environment is not damaged and the economic and social fabric, due to local involvement are able to stand the test of time.

Question 19

Segregation

Answer 19

Occurs when people of a particular ethnic group chose to live with others from the same ethnic group, separate from other groups.