Geography - Urban Issues and Challenges Glossary 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyUrban environmentsDevelopmentEconomic changePopulation changeSustainabilityWasting resourcesGCSEAQA Created by: Smarties16Created on: 25-11-18 13:03 Urbanisation the process of an increasing proportion of the population living in towns and cities, with less people living in rural areas 1 of 26 Push factor A factor which encourages people to leave the place in which they live and to move elsewhere 2 of 26 Pull factor A factor which attracts people to move to a new place 3 of 26 Megacity A city with more than 10 million inhabitants 4 of 26 HIC High income country 5 of 26 LIC Low income country 6 of 26 NEE Newly emerging economy 7 of 26 Inequality Disparities in the distribution of income and the overall quality of a person's life within a society 8 of 26 Favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) A shanty town; an area of makeshift housing, often unplanned and built illegally with no Government control 9 of 26 Regeneration Reversing the decline of an area by improving the physical structure and economy 10 of 26 Urban sprawl Green land getting built on to meet the demand for housing, industry and transport; towns and cities grow, while natural habitat is lost 11 of 26 Counter-urbanisation The process of people moving to live in the accessible rural-urban fringe 12 of 26 Multicultural Containing various different cultural or ethnic groups within a socity 13 of 26 Gentrification The process of renewal to accompany the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas, that often displaces poorer residents 14 of 26 Social housing Housing provided for people on low incomes or with particular needs by government agencies or non-profit organisations 15 of 26 Social cleansing The large scale removal from an area of a social category regarded as undesirable; class-based filtering 16 of 26 Compulsory purchase The officially enforced purchase of privately owned land or property for public use 17 of 26 Deprivation A lack of basic materials needed for a decent quality of life e.g. housing, food, etc. 18 of 26 Urban greening The process of increasing and preserving open space in urban areas 19 of 26 Dereliction Abandoned buildings and wasteland 20 of 26 Brownfield site Land that has been built on before and is to be cleared and reused; often found in the inner city 21 of 26 Greenfield site Land that has not been built on before; usually in the countryside or on the edge of a built up area 22 of 26 Greenbelt Open land around urban areas where building has been restricted (since 1947) to prevent urban sprawl 23 of 26 Rural-urban fringe The zone of transition between a built up area and the countryside, where there is often competition for land 24 of 26 Commuter settlement A place where people live and travel elsewhere for work 25 of 26 Sustainable urban living Living in a way that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs 26 of 26
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