When people move from rural (countryside) areas into urban (town/ city) areas
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Counter-Urbanisation
When people move back into rural (countryside) areas from the urban (town/ city) areas
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Urban Sprawl
The unplanned growth of a city into the nearby countryside
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Shanty Towns
A characteristic of LEDC cities; an area within them of unplanned poor quality housing which lacks basic services like clean water
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Sustainable Development
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This Includes three areas; the environment, economy and the society and people
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Urban Regenerations
The improvement of run-down areas in towns and cities, bringing social, economic and environmental benefits
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Urban Planning
The design of towns and cities which aims to make them work more effectively for the communities who live there
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Gentrification
When an area is demolished and redesigned. The aim is that the original residents wil not move back to the area. Instead it aims to attract different, richer people, by building new, more expensive accommodation
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Card 2
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When people move back into rural (countryside) areas from the urban (town/ city) areas
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Counter-Urbanisation
Card 3
Front
The unplanned growth of a city into the nearby countryside
Back
Card 4
Front
A characteristic of LEDC cities; an area within them of unplanned poor quality housing which lacks basic services like clean water
Back
Card 5
Front
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This Includes three areas; the environment, economy and the society and people
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