Settlement Change Flashcards
What does site mean?
The land its built on - height, gradient, area, aspect
What is meant by situation on settlement?
Distance and direction from other named features
What is meant by nucleated/clustered?
The building are very squashed together
What is meant by dispersed/fragmented?
Building are very spread out
What is meant by linear/ribbon?
Buildings are in a line
What are some physical reasons for settlement?
- built near water sources
- south facing aspect - more sun, crops easier to grow
- high up - less floods
What are some human reasons for settlement?
- where lots of roads are
- towns by the sea for tourism
- by a castle - used in olden times for protection
- bridges around settlement
What was the function of Oxford?
Education - good universities, colleges and schools near by
What is the definition of function?
The reason why a settlement was first started
What is the definition of counter urbanisation?
The movement of people out of the city to the countryside
What are the push factors to get OUT of the city?
- noise
- bulgulary
- congestion
- pollution
What are the pull factors to MOVE to the countryside?
- more space - detached houses
- good retirement place - quiet
- pretty views
- good and safe communities
What are the positive and negative impacts of counter urbanisation on tenbury?
P-more customers-builders, increased trade for local communities
N-more congestion, local people can no longer afford to buy a house - move away from town
What is definition of rural depopulation?
Moving away from remote islands like the Western Isles in Scottland to the city
What are push factors that people would want to move out of countryside?
- poor signal/Internet
- little roads and shops
- no education
- isolated
What are the pull factors to move into the city?
- good transport
- lots of jobs to offer
- good education - universities
Starting from the Middle name all the places in the city?
Inner city, suburbs, rural urban fringe, green belt
What would be in the central business district?
- shops
- no garden
- 1-2 bedrooms
What would the houses be like in the industry section?
- no garden
- parking
- 1-2 bedrooms
What would the houses be like in the low class residential?
- terraced house
- small gardens
- parking
What would the houses be like in the medium class residential?
- semi detached
- gardens
- driveways
What would the houses be like in the high class residential?
- detached
- gardens
- driveways
- 3-4 bedrooms
Why is there a rising demand for new housing in the UK?
- many people own more than one for renting them out
- more people getting divorced 30% more
- immigration rising 58.8 million to 62.2 million
- birth rate increasing
What is the definition of deindustrialisation?
When an industrial building moves from the centre of the city to the urban fringe
Why might deindustrialisation happen?
- small space
- too congested near inner city
- old
- cheaper land
What is the definition greenfield site?
A site for new homes that has NOT been built on before
What are the advantages/disadvantages of a greenfield site?
A: modern homes - energy efficient, cheaper land, plenty of space, easy to sell-because gardens,nice views
D: distrub habitats, spoil views, more congestion, takes up farmland-less food
What is the definition of a brownfield site?
A site that has already been built on.
What are the pros/cons of a brownfield site?
Pros: close to city centre, gas and electric already present, planning permission easier, environmentally friendly-notes trying habitats
Cons: homes harder to sell-so small and no gardens, have to be decontaminated to remove pollution-expensive
What is the definition of redevelopment?
When building are demolished and replaced with new ones
What is the definition of renewal?
When old buildings are repaired and converted to a new use
What are the reasons for rapid urban growth in LICs?
Urbanisation- more jobs, more schools
More young move for education or work
Where is the case study?
Cario in Egypt - an example of a rapidly growing LIC city
What are the reasons for urban growth in Cario?
-moving for jobs
What are the effects of growth in Cario?
- air pollution - 37% suffer from lung problems
- produces 10,000 tonnes of waste and only 60%is collected
- 80%of untreated water from industry foes into rive Nile
- 1 million people live in graves
What are the positive effects?
Large pool of workers
Never shirt of people who don’t wanna go low paid jobs
How many people live in Cario?
Grows 500,000 a year
