Topic 6: Settlement Dynamics

Housing, education, health, and leisure facilities are examples of:

Slum housing constructed from makeshift materials & lacking in amenities such as water supply, sewage, and electricity:

Net migration from urban to rural areas is referred to as?

Variations in land use near the center of the city then in some functions we use this land outwards of the center:

Land at the center of a city is more expensive to rent/buy as it's more accessible, so more people want it:

This refers to an area of countryside/villages, hamlets, or isolated houses:

This term refers to the growth in the proportion of people living in towns/cities:

People in certain ethnic groups tend to live in clusters together is sometimes called:

This suggests that as cities develop and grow larger, they grow outward from the CBD:

 A concentration of businesses and commerce in the city’s downtown:

Where different groups of people live in different areas of a town or city:

World Cities being at the top of the urban structure & impacting other urban areas that are smaller/less important

This means that settlements won’t always be simply urban or rural, but exist on a progression.

Areas of open land retained around city where development is restricted is called:

This refers to the name for the built-up area of a town/city:

Transportation, communication, sewage, water, and electric systems are examples of:

This type of Rural Settlement is focused on a key point, usually a river or transportation line

When wealthy people/businesses enter an area of low socioeconomic status and attempt to revitalize the area:

What is it called when people begin to leave rural areas to move to the city?

Where set areas in an urban settlement have a set function:

A city that’s judged to be an important point in the global economic, cultural, or political system:

This argues that a city doesn’t develop around a single center, but around various key points:

 Based on Latin American cities and includes concentric circles and sectors:

In which region did the Industrial/Urban Revolutions begin?

1)A city with more than 10 million residents: