Urbanization pre test vocab

Urbanisation

• The process of turning rural areas into urban areas (towns / cities)
• Area of town or city
• The use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment
• A universal call to action from the UN to send poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people will enjoy peace and prosperity.

Urban

• Area of town or city
• The process of turning rural areas into urban areas (towns / cities)
• Area of countryside
• Less economically developed countries

Rural

• Area of countryside
• The process of turning rural areas into urban areas (towns / cities)
• Less economically developed countries
• More economically developed countries

Mechanisation

• Things being made by machines rather than by hand
• More economically developed countries
• Less economically developed countries
• Something containing a lot of people, things, plants, etc. with little space between them

LEDC

• Less economically developed countries
• The uncontrolled outward expansion of urban areas
• Something containing a lot of people, things, plants, etc. with little space between them
• More economically developed countries

MEDC

• More economically developed countries
• A ring of land around a city which is not developed in order to limit urban sprawl
• Area of town or city
• Less economically developed countries

Push Factors

• Factors that cause people to leave an area
• The use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment
• Something containing a lot of people, things, plants, etc. with little space between them
• A city of over 10 million people

Pull Factors

• Factors that cause people to move to a new location
• The uncontrolled outward expansion of urban areas
• Less economically developed countries
• A ring of land around a city which is not developed in order to limit urban sprawl

CBD

• Central Business District - ​the main business and commercial area of a town or city
• More economically developed countries
• A city of over 10 million people
• Area of town or city

Urban Sprawl

• The uncontrolled outward expansion of urban areas
• The use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment
• The use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment
• Less economically developed countries