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Description
Flashcards by Riona Stevenson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Riona Stevenson
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| CBD | Central Business District |
| Central Business District | The commercial and often geographical heart of a city |
| Functional zone | Area of city where a particular type of activity takes place e.g industry, retail |
| Land value | How much land is worth |
| Residential | A place where people live |
| Tenement | A house divided into rooms that are rented to separate individuals or families; usually associated with poor accommodation and overcrowding |
| Traffic congestion | A large number of vehicles using the road network slows down progress and causes queues to form; blocking roads |
| Urban redevelopment | Process of knocking down and rebuilding an urban area, often changing the function of the area |
| Urban renewal | Process of improving an urban area without changing its function |
| Urban sprawl | The spread of an urban area without changing its function |
| Urbanisation | The process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban |
| Zones of decline | Place that is not as prosperous as it once was and has fallen into disrepair |
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