IB Urban Environments Key Terms

An area that has previously been built on and is now abandoned.

• Greenfield site
• Brownfield site
• Urban regeneration
• Conurbation

The movement of people from cities to smaller settlements and rural areas just beyond the city

• Urbanisation
• Suburbanisation
• Counter urbanisation
• Urban regeneration

The movement of people from the city centre to the suburbs

• Urbanisation
• Suburbanisation
• Counter urbanisation
• Urban regeneration

Changing the image of an urban area and the way people view it

• Urban changing
• Urban tweaking
• Urban branding
• Urban re-imaging

A settlement in which most people work elsewhere during the day

• Dormitory settlement
• Sleeping settlement
• Hotel settlement
• Empty settlement

An area of slum housing often found in areas that other people do want to live or develop

• CBD
• Suburbanisation
• Shanty Town
• Inner suburbs

An area of land that has never been built on before

• Greenfield site
• Brownfield site
• Urban regeneration
• Conurbation

The countryside

• Rural
• Urban

An urban area with a population of more than 10 million people.

• Millionaire city
• Huge city
• Mega city
• Awesome city

The uncontrolled growth of a settlement into the surrounding urban fringe

• Urban sprawl
• Urban spread
• Urban growth
• Urban spill