Urban Enviroments - Keywords Flashcards
Greenfield sites.
Land that hasn’t been previously built on - in countryside/ rural-urban fringe.
Brownfield sites.
Land previously built on that is to be reused - in inner city.
Central Business District.
City centre - shops, services, offices, entertainment - high-rise buildings + high population density.
Inner City.
Zone around CBD - developed in Britain during industrial revolution - factories + terraced houses for workers. Today zone of redevelopment.
Suburbs.
Area on edge of city - often built after 1945 and get newer as leave city.
Greenbelt.
Land around large town or city -protected from development to stop urban sprawl.
Function.
Work or purpose of settlement or area.
Industrialisation.
When an increasing proportion of population is employed into manufacturing.
Land Use.
Types of buildings and features found in
area.
Urban Sprawl.
Uncontrolled expansion of towns and cities into countryside.
Regeneration.
Improve an area.
Self-help.
Local authorities help people in squatter settlements to improve homes - water, sanitation, sewerage.
Rural-Urban Migration.
People move from countryside to cities.
Urbanisation.
Increase in proportion of people living in cities.
Site and service.
Before any building can begin land split into indiviual plots with basic amenities.
Urban Development Co-operations (UDC’s).
Use public funding to buy land + improve inner city areas - partly by attracting private investment.
Settlement.
Place where people live.
City Challenge.
Strategy where local authorities and other counties have to design schemes and submit a bid for funding. Become part of a partnership with local community and private companies who would fund development.
Squatter Settlements.
Settlements usually on outskirts of cities built by residents themselves from scrap materials, on land that doesn’t belong to them.
Sustainable City.
Urban area where way of life will last a long time - non-damaged environment and economic and social fabric should stand test of time.
Informal Sector.
Part of economy where jobs are created by people to get a straightforward income, not recognised in official figures e.g mending bikes, hairdressing.
