Urban Enviroments - Keywords

Question 1

Greenfield sites.

Answer 1

Land that hasn’t been previously built on - in countryside/ rural-urban fringe.

Question 2

Brownfield sites.

Answer 2

Land previously built on that is to be reused - in inner city.

Question 3

Central Business District.

Answer 3

City centre - shops, services, offices, entertainment - high-rise buildings + high population density.

Question 4

Inner City.

Answer 4

Zone around CBD - developed in Britain during industrial revolution - factories + terraced houses for workers. Today zone of redevelopment.

Question 5

Suburbs.

Answer 5

Area on edge of city - often built after 1945 and get newer as leave city.

Question 6

Greenbelt.

Answer 6

Land around large town or city -protected from development to stop urban sprawl.

Question 7

Function.

Answer 7

Work or purpose of settlement or area.

Question 8

Industrialisation.

Answer 8

When an increasing proportion of population is employed into manufacturing.

Question 9

Land Use.

Answer 9

Types of buildings and features found in

area.

Question 10

Urban Sprawl.

Answer 10

Uncontrolled expansion of towns and cities into countryside.

Question 11

Regeneration.

Answer 11

Improve an area.

Question 12

Self-help.

Answer 12

Local authorities help people in squatter settlements to improve homes - water, sanitation, sewerage.

Question 13

Rural-Urban Migration.

Answer 13

People move from countryside to cities.

Question 14

Urbanisation.

Answer 14

Increase in proportion of people living in cities.

Question 15

Site and service.

Answer 15

Before any building can begin land split into indiviual plots with basic amenities.

Question 16

Urban Development Co-operations (UDC’s).

Answer 16

Use public funding to buy land + improve inner city areas - partly by attracting private investment.

Question 17

Settlement.

Answer 17

Place where people live.

Question 18

City Challenge.

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Squatter Settlements.

Answer 19

Settlements usually on outskirts of cities built by residents themselves from scrap materials, on land that doesn’t belong to them.

Question 20

Sustainable City.

Answer 20

Urban area where way of life will last a long time - non-damaged environment and economic and social fabric should stand test of time.

Question 21

Informal Sector.

Answer 21

Part of economy where jobs are created by people to get a straightforward income, not recognised in official figures e.g mending bikes, hairdressing.