Callenges Of Living In An Urban Environment - Terminology (3)

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Urban area

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A large built up area made of towns or cities

Question 1

Quality of life

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The standard of living that people experience

Question 2

Urbanisation

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The growth of urban areas (towns or cities) pulling people towards the urban areas to live

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Conurbation

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A large town or city created by the merging of smaller towns
Eg. Greater Manchester

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Rural area

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An area of countryside with villages and small settlements

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Counter urbanisation

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The movement of people away from towns and cities and into rural areas

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Migration (voluntary/involuntary)

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The movement of people between areas (from choice/forced)

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Commuting/commuter

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Traveling to work

People who live in one location and work in another place

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Suburb/suburban land use

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The outskirts of a town or city, characteristically lower density housing and newer industry

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Green belt

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A designated area of land around an urban area, protected from development and being built on

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CBD

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(Central business district) of a town or city. Has a large concentration of offices and shops

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Inner city

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Area surrounding the CBD. Characteristically an area of older, higher density buildings with old factories, warehouses and housing

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Redevelopment

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Urban improvement scheme that involved demolition and rebuilding

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Rehabilitation/ renovation

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Urban improvement scheme that involves upgrading of existing buildings

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Squatter settlement / shanty town

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Parts of towns or cities usually in LEDCs where people live in Los cost, self built houses

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“Site and service” schemes

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Initiatives that improve housing by providing plots of land with essential services. Settlers then build their own homes

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Amenities/facilities

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Services provided for people either in their homes or in their locality

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Tenure

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Type of ownership (eg. Rented or owner occupied)

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Owner occupied

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Type of housing tenure where residents have bought or are buying their home

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Public/private rented

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Rented from council/private landlord

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Housing association

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An organisation given government grants to buy/build or improve housing usually for rent. A higher proportion of tenants are from council lists

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Housing type

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Classification of housing according to whether it is detached, terraced etc…

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Socio-economic group

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Classification of people according to their occupation (eg. Professional, manual, skilled)

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Services/service provision

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Facilities provided for the general public

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High/low order shopping centre

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Different levels of shopping centre graded accordingly to the size of the catchment area and type of retail outlets

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Shopping centre hierarchy

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The organisation of shopping into a theoretical ‘pyramid’ according to their size

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Shopping goods

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Shopping items that can be classified according to whether the are ‘everyday goods’, ‘comparison goods’ or ‘specialised goods’

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New town

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A new urban settlement developed as a planned community

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Case studies for this topic (6)

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Rio de Janeiro 
Glasgow
Shopping in cambridge
Caatinga in Brazil
Services in Barcelona 
National park example (eg. Peak District)