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10 Cards in this Set
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Urbanisation |
Urbanisation means an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.
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Function of a Settlement
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What the settlement does to 'earn its living' e.g. market town, mining town, administrative centre, tourist resort etc
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A central business district
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A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. In larger cities, it is often synonymous with the city's "financial district".
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Inner city
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The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis. Inner city areas tend to have higher population densities than outer suburbs, with more of the population living inside multi-floored townhouses and apartment buildings
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Suburb |
A suburb is a residential area or a mixed use area, either existing as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city
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Rural–urban fringe
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The rural–urban fringe, also known as the outskirts or the urban hinterland, can be described as the "landscape interface between town and country", or also as the transition zone where urban and rural uses mix and often clash.
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Green belt |
In United Kingdom town planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth. The idea is for a ring of countryside where urbanisation will be resisted for the foreseeable future, maintaining an area where agriculture, forestry and outdoor leisure can be expected to prevail.
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Residential |
A residential area is a land use in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas
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Congestion
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Congestion usually concerned with transport when there is so much traffic it stops or slows down the movement.
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Multi |
The concentric zone model, also known as the Burgess model or the CCD model, is one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. It was created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.
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