What are the two types of NEW cities in Spain?

Residential or Industrial & Tourist

Spanish cities are characterised by what 2 factors?

10000 or more inhabitants & the economic activities present

What is urban sprawl?

Uncontrolled & Unplanned spread of urban devlpmnt into areas

New suburb characterised by regular layout & wide streets

Under Settlements and Economic activity; What are two types of rural settlement?

Arable farming zones & Livestock farming zones

Which of these are two traditional urban layouts?

Radiocentric layout & Orthogonal grid layout

Historical cities from the middle ages in Spain have what characteristics?

Irregular layout, narrow streets, & few squares

Which statement is correct about spanish urban settlements.

Population density is very high + lack of green areas.

What are the two common types of Concentrated rural settlement patterns?

Linear settlements & nucleated settlements

What are two major problems of urban expansion?

Occupation and Destruction of the land & Polllution

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1
What type of building is this?
Herreo
Cave dwelling
Masía
Baracca
2
What are the two types of NEW cities in Spain?
Residential or Industrial & Tourist
Tourist & Farming
Agricultural & Residential areas
Tourist & Agricultural
3
What is Xenophobia?
Hostility towards foreigners
Phobia of xenon lights
Hostility & discrimination against different ethnicities
Hostility against phobias
4
Spanish cities are characterised by what 2 factors?
The size and space they occupy & 20000 or more inhabitants
10000 or more inhabitants & arable farming land
20000 or more inhabitants & building types
10000 or more inhabitants & the economic activities present
5
The merging of peripheral cities/settlements next to a large city is defined as?
Conurbation
Urbanisation
Settlement merging
Merging
6
What is urban sprawl?
Controlled & planned spread of development into nearby areas
Uncontrolled & unplanned movement of people into areas
Uncontrolled & Unplanned spread of urban devlpmnt into areas
Controlled & unplanned spread of urban devlpment into areas
7
What is an ensache?
Old suburb characterised by regular layout & narrow streets
Old suburb that has been renovated with new narrow avenues
New suburb characterised by regular layout & wide streets
New suburb characterised by irregular layout & narrow street
8
Under Settlements and Economic activity; What are two types of rural settlement?
Teriary Sector services & Arable farming zones
Livestock farming zones & Adventure tourism
Tertiary sector services & Fishing villages
Arable farming zones & Livestock farming zones
9
Which of these are two traditional urban layouts?
Radiocentric layout & Orthogonal grid layout
Irregular layout & Square layout
Orthogonal grid layout & Semi circular crossed layout
Circular layout & Hexagonal layout
10
What is this image an example of?
Shanty Town
New modern housing
Peripheral suburb
Ensache
11
Large cities with more than 10 million inhabitants are called....
Supercities
Megacities
Huge cities
Really big cities
12
Historical cities from the middle ages in Spain have what characteristics?
Irregular layout, wide streets, & many green spaces
Irregular layout, narrow streets, & few squares
Open spaces, wide streets & regular layout
Regular layout, narrow streets, & many squares.
13
What type of urban layout is this?
Radiocentric layout
Irregular layout
Orthogonal grid layout
circular layout
14
Which statement is correct about spanish urban settlements.
Population density is very high + lots of green areas
Population density is low and there are no green spaces
Population density is very high + lack of green areas.
Population density is high and there are many green areas
15
Stilt houses are commonly found in dry climate zones.
True
False
16
What type of house is this?
Masia
Yurt
Cortijo
Barraca
17
What are the two common types of Concentrated rural settlement patterns?
interspersed settlements & linear settlements
Linear settlements & octagonal grid system
nucleated settlements & dispersed settlements
Linear settlements & nucleated settlements
18
Where in Spain can you see this type of building?
Navarre
Catalonia
Valencia
Galicia
19
What are two major problems of urban expansion?
Pollution & Tourism
Occupation and Destruction of the land & Polllution
Homeless people & Tourism
Occupation and Destruction of the land & Tourism
20
Rural linear settlements are built along a road or river.
True
False

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