Urban Defs

Question 1

Urban growth

Answer 1

Increase in total population of town or city

Question 2

Urbanisation

Answer 2

Increase in proportion of population in urban areas

Question 3

Urban expansion

Answer 3

Increase in size of a city

Question 4

Suburbanisation

Answer 4

Decentralisation of people out of city centres into outskirts and suburban areas

Question 5

Counter urbanisation

Answer 5

Population movement from urban areas to smaller ones and rural areas

Question 6

Urban resurgence

Answer 6

Population movement from rural areas back to urban areas

Question 7

Mega cities

Answer 7

Cities with 10 million people

Question 8

Global cities

Answer 8

Cities with dominant influences over local, global, national Economies

Question 9

Green belt

Answer 9

Zone of land surrounding cities to prevent urban sprawl

Question 10

Deindustrialisation

Answer 10

Long term decline of countries manufacturing industry

Question 11

Decentralisation

Answer 11

Moving people and business away from city centre

Question 12

Reurbanisation

Answer 12

Movement of people back into previously abandoned areas

Question 13

Regeneration

Answer 13

Reverse inner city decline by long term upgrading of existing places

Question 14

Property Led regeneration

Answer 14

Top-down government investment in housing causing trickle down effect (Docklands)

Question 15

Partnership scheme

Answer 15

Government working with businesses to encourage growth ( canning town)

Question 16

Decentralised localist policy agenda

Answer 16

Locals control growth and create jobs (Battersea)

Question 17

Urban resurgence

Answer 17

Improving social, economic and environmental fabrics of inner cities

Question 18

Urban form

Answer 18

Physical characteristics of built up area

Question 19

Mixed land use redevelopment

Answer 19

Urban redevelopment which groups residential, commercial, etc

Question 20

Gentrification

Answer 20

New flows of investment and affluent people into previously neglected and declining areas causing their recreation

Question 21

Fortress landscapes

Answer 21

Developments designed around security and protection

Question 22

Cultural and heritage quarters

Answer 22

Making a place to encourage growth and revitalize the economy to embrace previous cultures

Question 23

Edge city

Answer 23

Self contained settlement which have emerged beyond original city boundary and developed as their own cities

Question 24

Post modern city

Answer 24

Urban form associated with changes in urban structure, planning and design

Question 25

Cultural diversity

Answer 25

Existence of a variety of cultural and ethnic groups in a society

Question 26

Social segregation

Answer 26

Groups of people living apart from larger population

Question 27

Multicultural community

Answer 27

Community that recognizes and promotes the contributions of different cultures

Question 28

Microclimate

Answer 28

Distinctive climate as urban areas compared to rural area around it

Question 29

Waste

Answer 29

Unwanted or unusable materials and by-products

Question 30

Sustainable urban drainage systems

Answer 30

SUDS, realistic and environmentally friendly replication or drainage systems

Question 31

River restoration

Answer 31

Managing damaged rivers to reinstate natural processes and restore biodiversity

Question 32

Dereliction

Answer 32

Abandonment or neglection of urban areas

Question 33

Sustainability

Answer 33

Meeting needs of current generation without compromising needs of future generations

Question 34

Ecological footprint

Answer 34

Total area of productive land need to produce resources that population consumes and absorb the waste generated

Question 35

Liveability

Answer 35

Lived experience of a place

Question 36

Urban resilience

Answer 36

Capacity of systems in a city to survive acute shocks and chronic stresses