Settlement 2 Flashcards
Urban sprawl
The expansion of towns and cities into the surrounding rural area or countryside
Urban decay
When parts of the city become run down and undesirable to live in.
Examples of urban decay
Slum housing, with outside toilets, overcrowding, no hot water or central heating.
Buildings in disrepair with leaking roofs, draughty windows and crumbling brickwork.
Empty buildings boarded up or vandalized.
Areas where buildings have been knocked down
2 ways to reduce the problems of urban decay
Comprehensive redevelopment and urban regeneration
Comprehensive redevelopment
When all buildings are completely knocked down and the area is completely rebuilt.
Urban regeneration
The renovation of existing housing and improvement of the environment and economy.
3 ways the belt line helps to solve urban problems.
Lots of new green space and parks
Lots of new jobs
More housing
Economic development
Urbanization
The increase in the PROPORTION of people living in towns or cities.
Rural depopulation
Decrease in the population of rural areas.
3 main factors causing people to move to major cities.
Physical factors such as droughts or natural disasters
Economic factors such as the need to make a living
Social and political factors such as the desire for good education, health care and to be safe.
Pull factors
Expensive land
Very little space
Dirty, noisy and polluted
Poor quality housing
Few well paid jobs
