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34 Cards in this Set
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URBANISATION |
The process of urban growth. |
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MEGACITY |
A city of 10 million people or more. |
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URBAN SPRAWL |
The outward growth of urban areas. |
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SUBURBS |
Outlying districts of a town or a city, often dominated by housing. |
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BRONCHITIS |
Inflammation of the tubes leading to the lungs.
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SMOG |
Mixture of smoke and fog.
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SUSTAINABLE |
Meeting the needs of people without damaging the environment or exploiting the resources.
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MORTALITY |
Death rate, usually expressed as deaths per 1000 of the population.
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LIFE EXPECTANCY |
Average number of years a person may expect to live at the time of birth.
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VANDALISM |
Intentional damage to property.
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DEPRIVATION |
Where a persons quality of life falls below a level that is regarded as the acceptable minimum by the government of the country. |
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DEPRIVED AREAS |
Places where economic/social and environmental conditions are poor.
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REDEVELOPMENT |
Renovation and improvement of areas that were previously run down.
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MIXED USE |
An area that has a mixture of uses such as commercial, leisure, residential etc.
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DERELICTION |
Previously used land/buildings fallen into disuse and decay.
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INTERGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM |
All parts of the system fits together to make it efficient. E.g. Curitiba's Bus Rapid Transportation System.
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BIOFUEL |
Burning wood and other vegetation to produce heat/electricity. |
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COMMUTERS |
People who travel daily between their home and place of work.
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GUIDED BUSWAY |
A dedicated concrete track that can only be used by buses. Any bus can use it as long as it has two extra small drive-wheels E.g Cambridgeshire guided busway.
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SLUMS |
Often called shanty towns, in developing countries, with inadequate standards of living. There are different names for shanty towns around the world including favelas in Brazil, barriades in Peru and bustees in India.
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SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS |
People have no legal rights over the land they live on E.g Dharavi, Mumbai. |
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SELF-HELP SCHEMES |
When people take responsibility for improving their own living conditions.
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NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION (NGO) |
Organisations that are independent of government control, usually charitable organisations such as Oxfam, Save the Children and WaterAid.
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BEDZED |
Beddington Zero Energy Development is a mixed use solar urban village built on former brownfield land in the London borough of Sutton.
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BROWNFIELD |
An old industrial or housing are that has become run-down or derelict.
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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT |
The impact of an individual on the Earth. (Measured in hectares per person)
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URBAN REGENERATION |
Improving social and/or economics conditions in run-down urban areas.
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GREENHOUSE, LEEDS |
A disused former industrial building that has been redeveloped to form part of the first carbon-zero mixed-use development in the UK, which produces more energy than it uses.
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CARBON-ZERO |
Does not use resources that create carbon dioxide.
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ECO-HOMES |
Homes that have a minimum impact on the earth.
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GREENING (URBAN AREAS) |
Increasing the amount of green space in towns and cities by developing roof gardens, planting trees and developing open spaces and parks.
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URBAN HEAT-ISLAND |
Where a built-up area has a higher temperature than its surroundings.
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ECO-SETTLEMENTS |
Settlements that don't harm the environment because they meet the needs of people without damaging the environment or exploiting resources.
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SUSTAINABLE CITY |
A city which is capable of providing a good standard of living for it's residents and have a neutral effect on the environment. |
