Urban Key Terms

What does urbanisation mean?

• The process of converting rural areas into urban areas.
• The movement of people from urban areas to rural areas.
• A decreasing proportion of a population living in cities and urban areas rather than rural areas.
• An increasing percentage of a population living in cities and urban areas rather than rural areas.

What does urban sprawl mean?

• Increase in agricultural land within urban areas
• Where a city's population grows and they start building on greenfield sites

• Rapid decrease in urban population density
• Where a city's population declines and they build on brownfield sites

What does rural urban migration mean?

• Movement of people from cities to countryside

• Staying in the same area without moving
• Where people go on holiday

• Movement of people from countryside to cities

What is a brownfield site?

• A piece of derelict (abandoned) land that has been built on before

• A brownfield site is a site with only green spaces and no buildings
• A brownfield site is a piece of land that has never been developed
• A brownfield site is a site designated for agricultural use

What is a greenfield site?

• A greenfield site is an area of land that has not been developed or built on before.
• A greenfield site is a location where only residential buildings are allowed.
• A greenfield site is a term used for a site with a lot of vegetation and trees.
• A greenfield site is an area of land that has been heavily industrialized.

What is a megacity?

• A megacity is a city with a population of at least 1 million people.

• A megacity is a small town with a population of less than 1,000 people.
• A megacity is a city with a population of at least 15 million people.

• A megacity is a city with a population of at least 10 million people.

What is a squatter settlement?

• Housing that has been created in the middle of a city and it's legal

• Housing that has been created in the middle of a city and it's illegal

• Housing that has been created on the edge of a city and it's legal

• Housing that has been created on the edge of a city and it's illegal

What does sanitation mean?

• Sanitation means the safe disposal of human waste (1s and 2s!)

• Sanitation means reusing contaminated water.

• Sanitation means spreading germs intentionally.

• Sanitation means the process of cooking food at high temperatures.

What does congestion mean?

• Increasing birth rate

• A type of disease

• Cities

• Traffic

What does deprivation mean?

• A lot of something e.g. a lot of money

• Lack of something e.g. not much money