Urban Environments Formative

The site of a settlement is...

• the relationship with its surrounding area

• the actual land on which a

  settlement is built

• population size of an urban area

• the land at the centre of a city is most expensive

A (a)   is a city with over one million inhabitants.

A (a)   is a city with over 10 million inhabitants.

The maximum distance that people are

prepared to travel for a good or service is

• Threshold

• Higher order goods

• Range

• Lower order goods

Goods or convenience goods

bought frequently, such as bread, newspapers

• Lower order goods

• Higher order goods

The minimum number of people required

for a good or service to stay in business

• Threshold

• Range

• Sphere of Influence

• Lower order goods

The value of land varies for different purposes. This is known as...

• CBD

• Hierarchy of settlement

• Bid rent

• Economic Core

Urbanization is

• The process of urbaning

• When an increasing percentage of a country's population lives in cities

• When more people move from one city to another

• When the size of cities grow

The two ways that urban areas grow are

• Nitrogen and phosphorous

• Natural increase and migration

• Increasing birth rates and migration

• More money

The reinvestment of capital into inner-city areas. Often by individuals or small groups of people.

• Urban regeneration

• Gentrification

• Urban re-imaging

• Urban sprawl