Issues In The MEDC inner City Flashcards
(11 cards)
What are the two main areas of developments in settlements today
Introduction of motorised public transport and cars
Industrial change
What is urbanisation?
The process of population movement from rural to urban areas, often leading to the growth of cities.
What impact did motorised public transport have on living arrangements?
It allowed people to live further away from their work.
Who can afford to live in rural areas at the edge of the city?
Those with sufficient money.
What is the significance of industrial change in urban development?
Industries seek cheap land away from towns and cities, impacting urban planning.
What follows the suburbanisation of industry?
Services such as reservoirs, new hospitals, shopping centres, and refuse dumps.
What is urban sprawl?
The expansion of urban areas into rural areas. When services for the cities such as reservoir, hospitals, shopping centres are located at the edge of a city
What does the rural-urban continuum represent?
The gradual change from extreme urban land use to extreme rural land use.
What is a green belt?
An area of undeveloped land around a city on which building is restricted.
Fill in the blank: A green belt might stop urban _______.
sprawl
True or False: Urban areas merging into rural areas is a characteristic of urban sprawl.
True
