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Amenities

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Basic requirements for living, for example: piped water; gas and electricity

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Asylum seeker

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A migrant who fears for their life if they stay in their original country

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Brain drain

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The loss of a number or highly qualified workers due to emigration

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Brownfield site

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A site that has been built on before, but has fallen into dereliction

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Central business district (CBD)

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In the middle of a town or city, this is the main commercial and shopping area

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Community

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A group of people who interact with each other, living nearby

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Commuters

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People who live some distance from work and who travel daily to work

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Congested

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An area crowded with traffic or people meaning that movement is difficult

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Conserve

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To care an protect resources and the environment

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Counter-urbanisation

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The process by which people within a country live in the countryside as opposed to towns and cities. ‘London To Hook Case Study’

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Deprivation

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A lack of basic human need

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Disposable income

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The amount of money a person or family has left when all the essential bills have been paid

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Dormant village

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A village where it’s residents are not there during the daytime

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Eco-towns

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Environmentally friendly urban spaces which are sustainable

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Economic migrant

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Some one who moves due to a new job or financial reasons

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Emigrant

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A person who leaves a country

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Food desert

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When a person lives more than 500m from a shop selling fresh fruit and vegetables

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Fuel poverties

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When someone spends more than 10% of their income on energy bills

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Gentrification

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The modernisation of buildings, but not their removal/destruction

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Greenfield site

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A site that has never been built on before

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Green belt land

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Land that is found around the edge of a settlement, that is protected by law, to make sure that urban sprawl can not happen

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High order goods

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Goods that are brought occasionally or very rarely and are often expensive. For example a wedding dress or a grand piano

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Honeypot sites

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A place/area that attracts many tourists

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Host region

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The places that people go to when they migrate

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Immigrant

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A person who arrives into a country

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Inequality

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When a person has less than another, for example: money or food

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Infrastructure

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Systems put into place to make things work efficiently, for example: paved roads

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Inner city

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The zone surrounding the CBD in an MEDC city. Traditionally areas of low quality housing, they are now rapidly changing and developing

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LEDC

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Less economically developed country, for example: Somalia

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Low order goods

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Goods that are brought every day for little cost, for example: a pint of milk or a newspaper

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MEDC

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More economically developed country, for example: USA

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Mega-cities

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Cities with a population of over 10 million

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Migrants

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People who move from one place to another in order to live

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Migration

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The movement of people from one place to another in order to live

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National Park

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Areas of protected landscape, including some of the most beautiful and remote areas of England and Wales. The first park in the UK was the peak district set up in 1951

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Negative multiplier effect

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The downward spiral of an area

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Non-governmental organisations

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Non-profit making organisations, such as Oxfam; ActionAid and WaterAid, which are independent of the government

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owner occupied

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A house that is lived in by the people that own it

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Privately rented

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A house that is rented from a private landlord

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Population

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The number of people

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Positive multiplier effect

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The upward spiral of an area

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Pull factors

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Features of an area that encourage migrants into it

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Push factors

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Features of an area that encourage migrants to leave it

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Quality of life

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A measure of how happy and content people are with their lives

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Receiving areas

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Those places that people move to when they migrate

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Redevelopment

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The improvement of an area, through the tearing down of lowqality buildings and it being replaced by new, higher quality buildings

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Refugee

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A forced migrant who has had to leave their homes. Could be due to a natural hazard such as flooding or famine

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Second home

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Houses which are used only on weekends and during the holidays

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Self-help schemes

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Schemes in which ordinary people improve their shantytown, by putting up brick buildings; with running water; sewers and electricity, directly connected to the houses

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Services

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Features of an area that help to improve the quality of life of people living in it. They range from shops to healthcare; entertainment and the provision of water. ‘Bluewater, Kent case study’

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Settlement

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A place where people live

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Social housing

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A house that is rented from either council or housing association

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Source region

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The places that people leave when they migrate

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Squatter settlements

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Often illegal groupings of houses on the edge of LEDC cities, built by the people who live in them from any materials they can find, for example: corrugated iron ore rubbish. In Brazil these areas are called favelas.

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Standard of living

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The state of housing; number of possessions and income of a person

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Suburbs

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The area found towards the edge of MEDC cities, in which semidetached and detached housing is found

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Sustainability

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The use of resources without damaging them for future generations

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Tax

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And imposed financial charge paid by every employed person to the government

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Tele-workers

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Workers who work for more than 90% of the time from home, only going in for the occasional meeting

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Tourist

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A person who travels for recreational and leisure purposes

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Urban dereliction

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The neglect and decay of part of parts of a town or city

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Urbanisation

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The process by which an increasing number of people living in towns and cities as opposed to the countryside

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Urban renewal

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The process by which derelict areas of a town or city or improved by upgrading existing buildings

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Urban-rural fringe

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The areas on the very edge of the city area where it meets the countryside

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Urban sprawl

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The spread of towns and cities outwards

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Affordable homes

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Homes that are affordable to people who have medium to low income

WJEC GCSE Geography B - Key Terms & Definitions (3 decks)

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