Urban Defs Flashcards
Urban growth
Increase in total population of town or city
Urbanisation
Increase in proportion of population in urban areas
Urban expansion
Increase in size of a city
Suburbanisation
Decentralisation of people out of city centres into outskirts and suburban areas
Counter urbanisation
Population movement from urban areas to smaller ones and rural areas
Urban resurgence
Population movement from rural areas back to urban areas
Mega cities
Cities with 10 million people
Global cities
Cities with dominant influences over local, global, national Economies
Green belt
Zone of land surrounding cities to prevent urban sprawl
Deindustrialisation
Long term decline of countries manufacturing industry
Decentralisation
Moving people and business away from city centre
Reurbanisation
Movement of people back into previously abandoned areas
Regeneration
Reverse inner city decline by long term upgrading of existing places
Property Led regeneration
Top-down government investment in housing causing trickle down effect (Docklands)
Partnership scheme
Government working with businesses to encourage growth ( canning town)
Decentralised localist policy agenda
Locals control growth and create jobs (Battersea)
Urban resurgence
Improving social, economic and environmental fabrics of inner cities
Urban form
Physical characteristics of built up area
Mixed land use redevelopment
Urban redevelopment which groups residential, commercial, etc
Gentrification
New flows of investment and affluent people into previously neglected and declining areas causing their recreation
Fortress landscapes
Developments designed around security and protection
Cultural and heritage quarters
Making a place to encourage growth and revitalize the economy to embrace previous cultures
Edge city
Self contained settlement which have emerged beyond original city boundary and developed as their own cities
Post modern city
Urban form associated with changes in urban structure, planning and design
Cultural diversity
Existence of a variety of cultural and ethnic groups in a society
Social segregation
Groups of people living apart from larger population
Multicultural community
Community that recognizes and promotes the contributions of different cultures
Microclimate
Distinctive climate as urban areas compared to rural area around it
Waste
Unwanted or unusable materials and by-products
Sustainable urban drainage systems
SUDS, realistic and environmentally friendly replication or drainage systems
River restoration
Managing damaged rivers to reinstate natural processes and restore biodiversity
Dereliction
Abandonment or neglection of urban areas
Sustainability
Meeting needs of current generation without compromising needs of future generations
Ecological footprint
Total area of productive land need to produce resources that population consumes and absorb the waste generated
Liveability
Lived experience of a place
Urban resilience
Capacity of systems in a city to survive acute shocks and chronic stresses
