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Flashcards by jojo1.williams, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jojo1.williams
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| Question | Answer |
| Land use | The management and modification of natural environment. |
| Urbanisation | The increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities. |
| Rural-Urban migration | The movement of people from rural areas, such as the savannah or a countryside, to urban areas, such as a city or town. |
| Rural-Urban fringe | An area that is between rural and urban. |
| Megacity | A city with a population of more than 10 million. |
| Population distribution | How evenly or unevenly people are spread out. |
| Population density | The amount of people in a given area. |
| MEDC/LEDC | More Economically Developed Country/ Less Economically Developed Country |
| Adult literacy rate | The percentage of people over the age of 15 who can read and write. |
| Employment rate | The percentage of the labour force that is employed. |
| Death rate | The ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time (deaths per 1000 per year) |
| Shifting cultivation | A form of agriculture in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored. |
| Soft flood management | Local councils set up evacuation plans and information leaflets on what to do when there is a flood. |
| Hard flood management | Some areas have widened and deepened the rivers and dams to control the flow of water (any way to control the flood, E.g. dams). |
| Land use planning | Local councils set up rules and regulations to reduce the amount of building on flood plains. |
| River corridors | Large open areas next to a river designed to cope with flood water have been increased in urban areas. |
| Deprivation | Where a person's quality of life falls below a level that is regarded as an acceptable minimum by the government. |
| Life expectancy | Average number of years a person may expect to live at the time of birth. |
| Vandalism | Intentional damage of property. |
| Deprived areas | Places where economic, social and environmental conditions are very poor. |
| Squatter settlements (Shanty towns, Slums) | Settlements that are built illegally in and around the city who can't afford proper housing. |
| Water stress | When not all people have access to clean water. |
| Urban | A town or city. |
| Rural | The countryside. |
| Traffic | Vehicles that are on roads. |
| Social | Relating to humans or society. |
| Environment | The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. |
| Economic | Relating to economics or economy, related to money. |
| Sustainable | Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level. |
| Migration | Movement of one part of an area to another. |
| Favela | A shanty town in or near a city. |
| Natural increase | The difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year, divided by the population of that year, multiplied by a factor (usually 1,000). It is equal to the difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate. |
| Birth rate | The number of live births per thousand of population per year. |
| Over-Population | Excessive population of an area to the point of overcrowding, depletion of natural resources, or environmental deterioration. |
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