Urban Futures Flashcards
Urbanisation…
Increase in proportion of people living in towns and cities.
Suburbanisation…
People move from cities into the suburbs.
Counter urbanisation…
The movement of people out of cities into countryside& smaller cities.
Gentrification…
Rebuilding houses to middle class taste.
Sustainable development…
Economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources.
Sustainability…
Growth that meets the needs of today without compromising the need of tomorrow.
Megacities…
A population over 10 million.
Slums…
Buildings on top of each other.
Squatter…
Illegally living in a deserted house.
Birmingham, West Midlands, UK…
Library. Bull ring. Brindley place. Multicultural. Challenges- housing and education.
Istanbul, between Asia and Europe, Turkey…
Challenges- pollution and congestion. Underground roads.
