Urban Environment Keywords

Question 0

Define urbanisation

Answer 0

The process of urban growth

Question 1

Define the term megacity

Answer 1

A city of 10 million people or more

Question 2

Define urban sprawl

Answer 2

The outward growth of urban areas

Question 3

What are ‘the outlying districts of a town or city’ known as?

Answer 3

Suburbs, outskirts

Question 4

Define smog

Answer 4

A mixture of smoke and fog

Question 5

What is photochemical smog?

Answer 5

Where smog combines with sunlight to form ozone, causing serious health problems such as difficulty breathing, eye irritations and vomiting

Question 6

What does ‘sustainable’ mean?

Answer 6

Meeting the needs of the people without harming the surrounding environments and habitats and without exploiting materials/resources

Question 7

Define tsunami

Answer 7

A tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake

Question 8

What is a floodplain?

Answer 8

A low lying area next to a lake or river that is vulnerable to flooding

Question 9

Define mortality

Answer 9

Death rate of an area - usually expressed as deaths per 1000 of population

Question 10

Define the term ‘life expectancy’

Answer 10

The average number of years that a person may live at the time of their birth

Question 11

What is vandalism?

Answer 11

Intentional damage of property

Question 12

What is meant by the term deprivation?

Answer 12

Where a person’s quality of life falls below a level that is regarded as the acceptable minimum by the Government

Question 13

What is a deprived area?

Answer 13

An area or place where economic, social and environmental conditions are considered as very poor

Question 14

What is dereliction?

Answer 14

Previously used land or buildings that have become disused and begin to decay

Question 15

What is meant by mixed-use?

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An area with a plethora of uses such as commercial, social, economic, residential etc.

Question 16

What is meant by redevelopment?

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Renovation and improvement of a derelict area or of an area that has previously been run down

Question 17

What is an integrated transport system?

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All parts of a transport system fitting together to make efficient methods of commuting

Question 18

What are commuters?

Answer 18

People who travel daily between places

Question 19

What are slums?

Answer 19

Often referred to as shanty towns in developing areas - LEDCs - they have different names all across the world, referred to as favelas in areas such as Brazil.

A slum is a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.

Question 20

What are squatter settlements?

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Where people have no legal rights over the land on which they live

Question 21

What is brownfield land?

Answer 21

Old industrial land that has become rundown or derelict

Question 22

What is an eco-footprint?

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The impact of a person on the earth

Question 23

What is urban regeneration?

Answer 23

Improving social and economic conditions in run down urban areas

Question 24

What is meant by the term carbon-zero?

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Does not use resources that create carbon dioxide

Question 25

What is meant by the phrase ‘eco-home’?

Answer 25

Homes that have a minimum impact on the environment

Question 26

What is meant by the term ‘green space’?

Answer 26

Parkland and vegetated walkways in urban areas

Question 27

What is an urban heat island?

Answer 27

Where a built up area has a higher temperature than the surroundings

Question 28

What is an eco-settlement?

Answer 28

Settlements that do not harm the environment because they meet the needs of the people without damaging the environment or exploiting of materials/resources