Flashcards in 3.1 Changes in rural settlements Deck (15)
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Rural
Relating to the countryside
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Rural landscape
Mental or visual picture of the countryside
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Rural population
People living in the countryside in farms, isolated houses, hamlets and villages.
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Gentrification
Migration of people from a high socio-economic class into poorer ares. Allowing a spiral of development to arise.
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Green belt
Ara of open land retained around a city or town over which there are wide-ranging planning restrictions upon development
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Key village
Village designated to be developed in terms of goods and services available to its population and the one of surrounding areas.
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Rural depopulation
Decrease in population of rural areas.
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Urabanisation of poverty
Increasing concentration of poorer areas.
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Urban hierarchy
Grouping together urban areas into distinctive levels of functional importance.
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Town
Centre of population and business. Next step after a village.
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Village
Group of houses and other buildings (services). Larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town.
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Metropolitan village
Village that has been transformed into a commuter settlement due to its proximity to a large urban area.
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Hamlet
Very small rural settlement .
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LEDC
Less Economically Developed Country
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