Lagos key terms

Question 1

Define Urbanisation

Answer 1

When a % of a population live in towns and cities rather than rural areas

Question 2

Define rural to urban migration

Answer 2

When people migrate from the countryside to the city

Question 3

Define land use

Answer 3

How is land used e.g houses or roads or industrial estates

Question 4

Define CBD

Answer 4

Central business district - main shopping and financial district of a city

Question 5

Define Regeneration

Answer 5

improving an areas physical environment and reducing pollution

Question 6

Define Brownfield site

Answer 6

land used previously and built on

Question 7

Define segregation

Answer 7

ethnic groups live together in clusters within the city

Question 8

Define squatter settlement

Answer 8

illegal settlements on the edge of cities built with scrap materials - also known as slums

Question 9

Define informal sector

Answer 9

untaxed jobs not recognised by official employment statistics

Question 10

What are transnational corporations

Answer 10

companies that operate in several countries or more

Question 11

Define Green belt

Answer 11

area of edge of city you can’t build beyond to slow city expansion

Question 12

Define urban sprawl

Answer 12

uncontrolled expansion of town or city

Question 13

Define sustainability

Answer 13

everlasting, keeping area good for future

Question 14

Define incineration

Answer 14

Burning waste to get rid of it rather than send to landfill