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Key Terms- Changing Urban Environments
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- 1FRAMEthe outer part of the CBD (central business district) containing smaller, more specialised shops
- 2URBANISATIONan increase in the % of people living in URBAN areas
- 3BROWNFIELD SITEan area of land that's previously been built on that's available to be built on again
- 4GREENFIELD SITEan area of open land that has never been built on previously
- 5INFORMAL SECTORnot regular paid employment, unofficial work, often self-help small-scale services such as street sellers and shoe shiners
- 6INDUSTRIALISATIONgrowth and increasing importance of the manufacturing industry
- 7MEGA CITYan urban area with over 10 million people living there e.g. Sao Paulo
- 8MILLIONAIRE CITYurban area with more than 1 million people living there
- 9SQUATTER SETTLEMENThomes on land not owned by the people living there, built illegally
- 10ECO-TOWN (3 features)a place to live that's built from recycled materials, carbon neutral and has a low energy consumption
- 11GENTRIFICATIONassociated movement of wealthy people back into areas of former urban decay
- 12MULTICULTURALwhen people from different ethnic, racial or religious backgrounds live together
- 13SEGREGATIONhigh concentration of land uses AND/OR groups of people in certain areas of the city, separate from other people
- 14SUBURBSpart of an urban area that has grown outwards from the old centre
- 15COREthe centre of a CBD (central business district)
- 16CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD)urban zone located in the centre, mainly shops and offices
- 17LAND USESthe way the land surface is used
- 18FUNCTIONthe settlements purpose
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- A Levels Geography (GCSE) Flashcards on Key Terms- Changing Urban Environments, created by beth2384 on 08/06/2013.
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