Urban Defs Flashcards
Urban growth
Increase in total population of town or city
Urbanisation
Increase in proportion of population in urban areas
Urban expansion
Increase in size of a city
Suburbanisation
Decentralisation of people out of city centres into outskirts and suburban areas
Counter urbanisation
Population movement from urban areas to smaller ones and rural areas
Urban resurgence
Population movement from rural areas back to urban areas
Mega cities
Cities with 10 million people
Global cities
Cities with dominant influences over local, global, national Economies
Green belt
Zone of land surrounding cities to prevent urban sprawl
Deindustrialisation
Long term decline of countries manufacturing industry
Decentralisation
Moving people and business away from city centre
Reurbanisation
Movement of people back into previously abandoned areas
Regeneration
Reverse inner city decline by long term upgrading of existing places
Property Led regeneration
Top-down government investment in housing causing trickle down effect (Docklands)
Partnership scheme
Government working with businesses to encourage growth ( canning town)
Decentralised localist policy agenda
Locals control growth and create jobs (Battersea)
Urban resurgence
Improving social, economic and environmental fabrics of inner cities
Urban form
Physical characteristics of built up area
Mixed land use redevelopment
Urban redevelopment which groups residential, commercial, etc
Gentrification
New flows of investment and affluent people into previously neglected and declining areas causing their recreation
Fortress landscapes
Developments designed around security and protection
Cultural and heritage quarters
Making a place to encourage growth and revitalize the economy to embrace previous cultures
Edge city
Self contained settlement which have emerged beyond original city boundary and developed as their own cities
Post modern city
Urban form associated with changes in urban structure, planning and design
