Suburbanisation Glossary

Question 1

Greenbelt (2)

Answer 1

area of land, usually surrounding an urban area, where development is restricted.
It was a strategy to prevent urban sprawl

Question 2

Greenfield site (2)

Answer 2

Area which has not previously been built on
Often in rural-urban fringe

Question 3

Ribbon development

Answer 3

Urban growth and the expansion of the suburbs along routes into the CBD

Question 4

Suburbanisation (3)

Answer 4

movement of people from living in the inner parts of a city to living on the outer edges.
It has been facilitated by the development of transport networks and increase in car ownership.
It results in a spread of the urban area.

Question 5

Urban sprawl (2)

Answer 5

Spread of an urban area into the surrounding countryside
Happens if there are no planning controls