Urban Settlement

Question 1

Aerotropolis

Answer 1

Settlement close to a major airport with infrastructure and economic activities linked to the airport

Question 2

Boomed areas/enclosed neighbourhood

Answer 2

Suburban residential areas that have been blocked off with controlled access via a security control gate (boom) in order to reduce crime

Question 3

Break-of-bulk point

Answer 3

A point where cargo is unloaded from a bulk carrier to be re-loaded into smaller units of transport

Question 4

CBD (central business district)

Answer 4

The main commercial zone of the city

Question 5

Centralise

Answer 5

Gathered together at a centre

Question 6

Central place

Answer 6

An urban settlement that provides goods and services to the surrounding population

Question 7

Centrifugal force

Answer 7

Force making objects move outwards away from a centre

Question 8

Centripetal force

Answer 8

Force making objects move inwards towards the centre

Question 9

City

Answer 9

A large urban centre which offers specialized services

Question 10

Commute

Answer 10

To travel from home to work and back home on a daily basis

Question 11

Conurbation

Answer 11

A continuous urban area formed by the merging together or several large adjoining cities and towns

Question 12

Decentralisation

Answer 12

The movement of people and activities out of the city centre towards outer suburbs rural-urban fringe

Question 13

Densification

Answer 13

The increased use of space both horizontally and vertically in urban areas. It leads to a greater number of residential units and increased population density

Question 14

Derelict

Answer 14

Land that was previously used but is now abandoned, neglected or overgrown

Question 15

Eco-estates

Answer 15

Large security control residential complexes built in accordance with green (eco-) living principles that are environmentally friendly

Question 16

Edge city

Answer 16

A large commercial centre on the outskirts of the city offering a mixture of employment, entertainment and residential functions

Question 17

Façadism

Answer 17

The old, original front or facade of a Building is retained and a new development is built on the old facade

Question 18

Gated community

Answer 18

A form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances ; they are usually newly bought and surrounded by a wall

Question 19

Gentrification / Chelsefication

Answer 19

The modernization and improvement of old houses close to the city centre

Question 20

Ghetto

Answer 20

Small area within an urban settlement in which people of a particular ethnic or cultural group live together

Question 21

Golf estates

Answer 21

Large security controller residential areas built around a golf course

Question 22

Industrial zone

Answer 22

Areas containing light or heavy industries in a city. They are situated in the transition zone, suburbs (light industry) or outskirts of the city (heavy industry).

Question 23

Informal sector

Answer 23

Type of employment where people find work for themselves on the streets or in small home workshops (sometimes illegal activity)

Question 24

informal settlement

Answer 24

An illegal, spontaneous settlement that lacks proper services and infrastructure

Question 25

Informal trading

Answer 25

Selling goods on the pavement;business conducted outside the formal sector of the economy.

Question 26

Invasion and succession

Answer 26

Land use in a city is no longer appropriate, a new land use of ill take over the original function and succeed it

Question 27

Land use zone

Answer 27

An area in a city where one particular type of land use is dominant

Question 28

Link industry

Answer 28

An industry that either supples materials or equipment to another industry or which depends on another industry for materials or equipment for its own processes

Question 29

Megalopolis

Answer 29

A very large urban area consisting of a large city and its neighboring towns and suburbs

Question 30

OBD (Outlying business district)

Answer 30

A commercial zone that is situated in the suburbs

Question 31

Periphery

Answer 31

On the edge it boundary of an area

Question 32

Rate of urbanization

Answer 32

The pace at which urbanization takes place

Question 33

RDP houses

Answer 33

Small single family units that were built for the poor as part of the reconstruction and development program instituted in 1994

Question 34

Recreation zone/ green belt

Answer 34

Open it green spaces in the city where the focus is relaxation and conservation

Question 35

Residential zone

Answer 35

The areas in cities where people live, they may be formal (high, middle, low income) or informal

Question 36

Refurbishment

Answer 36

To repair, renovate and upgrade something, for example an old building

Question 37

Rural-urban fringe

Answer 37

The transition zone between a city and its suburbs and the surrounding rural areas

Question 38

Trade and transport settlements

Answer 38

Established to meet and provide trade and transport needs and services

Question 39

Transition zone

Answer 39

A zone of mixed functions adjacent to the CBD, also called the zone of decay

Question 40

Town

Answer 40

The smallest urban settlement which provides secondary activities and services to the surrounding rural area