Karteikarten
Settlement terminology: urbanisation and urban change definitions
Karten in diesem Stapel (15)
- 1Counter-urbanisationdecentralisation of pop from large urban area to smaller one or rural area
- 2De-industrialisationsustained decline in industrial production
- 3Gentrificationrenovation of housing in old inner city area where more affluent groups of people replace lower income groups
- 4Ghettoisationdevelopment of ghetto which is an area of city dominated by one ethnic or cultural group
- 5Intra-urban migrationmigration within a settlement
- 6Regenerationredevelopment of urban areas that have fallen into poverty and disrepair
- 7Re-urbanisationmovement of people into central areas of city as these areas undergo regeneration
- 8Rural idyllpeaceful, friendly, unspoiled rural environment
- 9Ruralityhow rural a place is
- 10Rural / urban fringezone around edge of town or city which has rural characteristics but also has land uses linked to main settlement - these are often recent developments and new developments are often planned
- 11Settlement hierarchydifferent levels of settlement based on size but also with differences such as in their service provision and social characteristics
- 12Social and cultural structure of a settlementdescribed the way in which different groups of people tend to live in separate residential areas of city
- 13Social exclusionsituation that results when people suffer effects of combination of probs such as unemployment, crime and bad housing and have very little chance of being able to improve their lives
- 14Social profilemix of social groups living within an area based on age, employment type, etc
- 15Urban-rural continuumrange of settlements from extreme urban to extreme rural based on idea that settlements can't be easily separated into rural or urban as many settlements have a mix of rural and urban characteristics
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