URBAN ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Flashcards
What is urbanisation?
A rise in the proportion of people living in urban areas (e.g. towns and cities).
What does urban mean?
A built-up area in which people love (e.g. a town or city).
What does ‘urbs’ mean?
City.
What is a chloropleth map?
A map that identifies the % of a population living in urban areas as well as the growth in these areas.
What is migration?
Movement from one place to another to live.
What is rural to urban migration?
The movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities.
What is a mega city?
A metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people.
What is birth rate?
The number of births per 1000 in the population per year.
What is death rate?
The number of deaths per 1000 in population per year.
What is formal economy?
The economy which the government is fully aware and regulated.
What is informal economy?
Unregulated work. No tax paid or protection.
What is sanitation?
The systems for taking dirty water and waste products away from buildings in order to protect people’s health.
What is population density?
The number of people living in a particular area.
What is Urban Greening?
The process of increasing and preserving green open space like public parks and gardens in urban areas.
What is dereliction?
Abandoned buildings and wasteland.
What is sustainability?
Meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is sustainability?
Meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Where are some examples of dereliction?
Odeon Queensway Cinema, Selly Oak Library, Derelict Rover Factory Long Bridge, Derelict Rolls Royce Factpry Halls Green.
What is urban sprawl?
The unplanned growth of urban areas into to rural areas.
What is the greenbelt?
It is an area of land protected from development within the urban-rural fringe of the city.
What is the Urban-Rural Fringe?
Where the city meets to the rural countryside e.g. Barnt Green.
What are commuter settlements?
A settlements whose residents live there but work elsewhere.
What is the Urban Ecological Footprint?
The amount of land needed to sustain the city’s population and absorb its waste.
What is waste recycling?
The process of extracting and reusing useful substances found in waste.
