Settlement Change Flashcards

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1
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What does site mean?

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The land its built on - height, gradient, area, aspect

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What is meant by situation on settlement?

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Distance and direction from other named features

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3
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What is meant by nucleated/clustered?

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The building are very squashed together

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4
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What is meant by dispersed/fragmented?

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Building are very spread out

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What is meant by linear/ribbon?

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Buildings are in a line

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6
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What are some physical reasons for settlement?

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  • built near water sources
  • south facing aspect - more sun, crops easier to grow
  • high up - less floods
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What are some human reasons for settlement?

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  • where lots of roads are
  • towns by the sea for tourism
  • by a castle - used in olden times for protection
  • bridges around settlement
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What was the function of Oxford?

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Education - good universities, colleges and schools near by

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9
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What is the definition of function?

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The reason why a settlement was first started

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10
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What is the definition of counter urbanisation?

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The movement of people out of the city to the countryside

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What are the push factors to get OUT of the city?

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  • noise
  • bulgulary
  • congestion
  • pollution
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What are the pull factors to MOVE to the countryside?

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  • more space - detached houses
  • good retirement place - quiet
  • pretty views
  • good and safe communities
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13
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What are the positive and negative impacts of counter urbanisation on tenbury?

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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

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14
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What is definition of rural depopulation?

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Moving away from remote islands like the Western Isles in Scottland to the city

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What are push factors that people would want to move out of countryside?

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  • poor signal/Internet
  • little roads and shops
  • no education
  • isolated
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16
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What are the pull factors to move into the city?

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  • good transport
  • lots of jobs to offer
  • good education - universities
17
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Starting from the Middle name all the places in the city?

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Inner city, suburbs, rural urban fringe, green belt

18
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What would be in the central business district?

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  • shops
  • no garden
  • 1-2 bedrooms
19
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What would the houses be like in the industry section?

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  • no garden
  • parking
  • 1-2 bedrooms
20
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What would the houses be like in the low class residential?

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  • terraced house
  • small gardens
  • parking
21
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What would the houses be like in the medium class residential?

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  • semi detached
  • gardens
  • driveways
22
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What would the houses be like in the high class residential?

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  • detached
  • gardens
  • driveways
  • 3-4 bedrooms
23
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Why is there a rising demand for new housing in the UK?

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  • 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
24
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What is the definition of deindustrialisation?

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When an industrial building moves from the centre of the city to the urban fringe

25
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Why might deindustrialisation happen?

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  • small space
  • too congested near inner city
  • old
  • cheaper land
26
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What is the definition greenfield site?

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A site for new homes that has NOT been built on before

27
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What are the advantages/disadvantages of a greenfield site?

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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

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What is the definition of a brownfield site?

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A site that has already been built on.

29
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What are the pros/cons of a brownfield site?

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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

30
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What is the definition of redevelopment?

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When building are demolished and replaced with new ones

31
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What is the definition of renewal?

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When old buildings are repaired and converted to a new use

32
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What are the reasons for rapid urban growth in LICs?

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Urbanisation- more jobs, more schools

More young move for education or work

33
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Where is the case study?

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Cario in Egypt - an example of a rapidly growing LIC city

34
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What are the reasons for urban growth in Cario?

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-moving for jobs

35
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What are the effects of growth in Cario?

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  • 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
36
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What are the positive effects?

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Large pool of workers

Never shirt of people who don’t wanna go low paid jobs

37
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How many people live in Cario?

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Grows 500,000 a year