Towns and Cities Flashcards
(19 cards)
What is the city center?
The central location in a city. There is a surplus of importance and a lot of shops
What is the advantage of agglomeration?
The advantage of shops that are close to each other
What is an example for a location community
A pharmacy is near to a doctor
What is an example for competitive attraction?
A lot of shoe shops near together
What is an example for competitive attraction?
A lot of shoe shops near together
What is suburbanisation?
If people flow from the cities to surrunding areas
What are location factors?
Accessibility, costs of rents, locations of other services, free space to build
What are the basic funktions of human living?
Supply, habitation, work, recreation, education and traffic
What are indicatiors for social differences?
The birht rate, unemployment rate, voting participations and the level of educcation
On what do differnt living situations depent?
On the income
What is segregation?
It is the seperation of people by their income, ethnic group, race or religion
What is the CBD?
The central business district is in the city centre
Why is the inner city changing?
Because of competitive pressure from shops
What is often in the centre of a city?
The oldes buildings and structures
What is suburbanisation and reurbanisation?
Subrubanisation: when people move into the suburbs of a city
Reurbaninsation: the opposite
Why do cities shrink?
They habe few jobs and a bad infrastructure
Why is the housing market under great pressure?
Investors are puttung money into real estate and mnicipal housing constructios has declined
The demand has changend
Why should cities develop to smart cities?
Resources could be used more efficient, sustainable, new forms of mobility
What is Globalisation?
When the world is getting connected and ist goes beyond boudries
