London Key Words Flashcards
The location of a settlement and it’s features.
Site
The location of a settlement in relation to other human and physical features.
Situation
A location where many connections meet (e.g. a central train station).
Hub
What the land is being used for (RICEPOTS).
Function
Land that is being used to make money.
Commercial
Land that is primarily housing.
Residential
Usually at the centre of the city, with high land values and commercial functions.
CBD
Areas of low density residential land uses on the edge of the urban areas.
Suburbs
The imbalance between two measures (e.g. in income, health, rights).
Inequality
An individual does not have access to the things they need.
Deprivation
Process by which an urban area becomes ‘worse’ - declining population, more unemployment, degraded environment, higher crime etc.
Decline
Land that is now unused and may have abandoned buildings.
Derelict
Jobs involved in manufacturing
Secondary
Jobs involved in providing a service (e.g. retail)
Tertiary
Jobs providing information services (e.g. IT, R&D, consulting)
Quaternary
The decline of secondary industry (manufacturing).
Deindustrialisation
A decrease in the number of people in a place due to out-migration
Depopulation
The movement of commercial land use and services from the centre of the urban areas to suburbs/RUF.
Decentralisation
When a deprived area attracts more affluent people, displacing the population.
Gentrification
When residential areas become dominated by student occupation.
Studentification
The sale of goods and services online.
e-Commerce
Rebuilding parts of the urban area
Redevelopment
An urban area is upgraded (services, environment, transport, housing)
Regeneration
Improving the image of urban areas
Rebranding