London Key Words

Question 1

The location of a settlement and it’s features.

Answer 1

Site

Question 2

The location of a settlement in relation to other human and physical features.

Answer 2

Situation

Question 3

A location where many connections meet (e.g. a central train station).

Answer 3

Hub

Question 4

What the land is being used for (RICEPOTS).

Answer 4

Function

Question 5

Land that is being used to make money.

Answer 5

Commercial

Question 6

Land that is primarily housing.

Answer 6

Residential

Question 7

Usually at the centre of the city, with high land values and commercial functions.

Answer 7

CBD

Question 8

Areas of low density residential land uses on the edge of the urban areas.

Answer 8

Suburbs

Question 9

The imbalance between two measures (e.g. in income, health, rights).

Answer 9

Inequality

Question 10

An individual does not have access to the things they need.

Answer 10

Deprivation

Question 11

Process by which an urban area becomes ‘worse’ - declining population, more unemployment, degraded environment, higher crime etc.

Answer 11

Decline

Question 12

Land that is now unused and may have abandoned buildings.

Answer 12

Derelict

Question 13

Jobs involved in manufacturing

Answer 13

Secondary

Question 14

Jobs involved in providing a service (e.g. retail)

Answer 14

Tertiary

Question 15

Jobs providing information services (e.g. IT, R&D, consulting)

Answer 15

Quaternary

Question 16

The decline of secondary industry (manufacturing).

Answer 16

Deindustrialisation

Question 17

A decrease in the number of people in a place due to out-migration

Answer 17

Depopulation

Question 18

The movement of commercial land use and services from the centre of the urban areas to suburbs/RUF.

Answer 18

Decentralisation

Question 19

When a deprived area attracts more affluent people, displacing the population.

Answer 19

Gentrification

Question 20

When residential areas become dominated by student occupation.

Answer 20

Studentification

Question 21

The sale of goods and services online.

Answer 21

e-Commerce

Question 22

Rebuilding parts of the urban area

Answer 22

Redevelopment

Question 23

An urban area is upgraded (services, environment, transport, housing)

Answer 23

Regeneration

Question 24

Improving the image of urban areas

Answer 24

Rebranding

Question 25

involve getting raw materials from the natural environment e.g. Mining, farming and fishing.

Answer 25

Primary Jobs