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Urban Settlement Flashcards

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Aerotropolis

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

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Boomed areas/enclosed neighbourhood

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

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Break-of-bulk point

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

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CBD (central business district)

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The main commercial zone of the city

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Centralise

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Gathered together at a centre

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Central place

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

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Centrifugal force

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Force making objects move outwards away from a centre

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Centripetal force

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Force making objects move inwards towards the centre

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City

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A large urban centre which offers specialized services

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Commute

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

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Conurbation

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

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Decentralisation

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

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Densification

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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

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Derelict

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

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Eco-estates

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

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Edge city

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

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Façadism

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

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Gated community

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

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Gentrification / Chelsefication

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

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Ghetto

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

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Golf estates

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Large security controller residential areas built around a golf course

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Industrial zone

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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).

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Informal sector

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

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informal settlement

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An illegal, spontaneous settlement that lacks proper services and infrastructure

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Informal trading

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

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Invasion and succession

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

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Land use zone

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

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Link industry

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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

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Megalopolis

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

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OBD (Outlying business district)

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A commercial zone that is situated in the suburbs

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Periphery

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On the edge it boundary of an area

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Rate of urbanization

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The pace at which urbanization takes place

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RDP houses

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

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Recreation zone/ green belt

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

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Residential zone

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

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Refurbishment

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

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Rural-urban fringe

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

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Trade and transport settlements

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Established to meet and provide trade and transport needs and services

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Transition zone

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

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Town

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

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