URBAN DYNAMICS - KEY TERMS

The forces that shape and reshape cities over time.

• Urban Dynamics

• Urbanization

• Decentralisation

• Spatial exclusion

________ _______ - the political unit of people living in a defined territory, with government authority in their economy, political organisation and external security

a large city that has importance to the operation of the global systems of finance, trade, politics, communications, aid, tourism and entertainment

• Mega City

• World City

• City

• Urbanisation

the outward growth of urban development which may engulf surrounding villages and towns into a larger urban agglomeration.

• Exurbanisation

• Counter-urbanisation

• Decentralisation

• Suburbanisation

very large agglomerations of at least 10 million inhabitants

• World City

• Mega City

• City

• Exurbanisation

a process whereby people, usually affluent, move from the city to rural areas but continue to maintain an urban way of life either through long distance commuting or technology

• Counter-urbanisation

• Decentralisation

• Exurbanisation

• Urbanisation

a marked decline in the total population, or growth of the population, of large metropolitan areas and the subsequent growth of smaller urban centres at their expense

• Counter-urbanisation

• Exurbanisation

• Decentralisation

• Urban Consolidation

____________ - The movement of people, commerce or industry out of a city’s centre either naturally or deliberately by government policy

the building of higher density housing in existing areas of a city in order to increase population density.

• Urban Decay

• Urban Consolidation

• Urban renewal

• Urban village

Also called urban blight. Refers to an area that has become derelict or unwanted. This occurs at a neighbourhood scale and at city scale in “Brownfield” sites.

• Urbanisation

• Urban consolidation

• Urban renewal

• Urban decay