Urban issues and challenges Flashcards
What is a Brownfield site?
Land that has been used, abandoned.
What is a Greenfield site?
Land that is often rural or on the edge of a urban area and has not been built on yet.
What is Dereliction?
Land or building which have been abandoned and are declining
What is the definition of sustainable its
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations
Megacity definition
Population over 10 million.
What is Rio of local importance?
There are five industrial districts in the city which provide jobs for the local people.
What is Natural increase?
Where the birth rate is higher than the death rate.
What is urban deprivation?
A lack of basic materials needed for a decent quality of life.
What is sustainable urban living definition?
Improving the quality of life of people in a city at present, without leaving the burden for the future generation.
What is Urban decline?
Deterioration of the inner city often caused by a lack of investment and maintenance.
Urbanisation definition?
The process by which an increasing percentage of a country’s population comes to live I’m towns and cities.
What is birth rate?
The number of live babies born per 1000 of the population per year.
What is death rate?
The number of deaths per 1000 if the population per year.
What is rural urban migration?
The movement of people from the countryside into towns and cities.
What are the two main causes of urban growth?
.Natural increase
.Rural-urban Migration