Sydney - Economic Character and Urban Dynamics

Define the term 'morphology'.

• the high-tech information- based

  economy arising largely from new developments in the internet, telecommunications, and computer sectors.

• the functional form and character of an urban environment.

• an urban area surrounding and connected to the central city.

• a process whereby people, usually those who are quite affluent, move from the city to rural areas but continue to maintain an urban way of life.

Define the term 'alternative lifestyle'.

• the renewal of inner-city residential precincts; dilapidated homes are purchased, refurbished, and occupied by middle-income and high-income earners.

• a reversal of the rural to large city movement associated with urbanisation

• the continuous, and often unplanned, outward growth of an urban area

• a conscious attempt to create a new way of life free of the constraints and stresses of mainstream urban living

Define the term 'counter-urbanisation'.

• a reversal of the rural to large city movement associated with urbanisation

• the movement of people, employment and facilities away from the inner city towards outer urban areas

• the area bounded by the furthest extent of commuting to metropolitan jobs

• policies that encourage higher population densities in established suburban areas

Define the term 'decentralisation'.

• land use regulations or controls that are designed to exclude 'undesirable elements' from a particular urban space

• the deterioration of the built environment. Urban infrastructure falls into a state of disrepair and buildings are left empty for long periods of time

• a reversal of the rural to large city movement associated with urbanisation

• the dispersal of activities and people from large urban centres to smaller urban centres and rural communities

Define the term 'exclusionary zoning'.

• the outer edge of an urban area

• distinctive residential districts comprising a clustering of people with a common culture and forming an identifiable community

• land use regulations or controls that are designed to exclude 'undesirable elements' from a particular urban space

• the area bounded by the furthest extent of commuting to metropolitan jobs

Define the term 'exurbanisation'.

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

• both the functional form and 'I character of the urban environment.

• the movement of people, employment and facilities away from the inner city towards outer urban areas

• the functional form and character of an urban environment

Define the term 'gentrification'.

• the movement of people, employment and facilities away from the inner city towards outer urban areas

• the renewal of inner-city residential precincts; dilapidated homes are purchased, refurbished and occupied by middle-income and high-income earners

• a reversal of the rural to large city movement associated with urbanisation

• the area bounded by the furthest extent of commuting to metropolitan jobs

Define the term ' new economy'.

• the movement of people, employment and facilities away from the inner city towards outer urban areas

• a conscious attem pt to create a new way of life free of the constraints and stresses of mainstream urban living

• the protection of luxury lifestyles, which has resulted in restrictions in spatial access and the freedom of movement of other urban dwellers

• the high-tech information-based economy arising largely from new developments in the internet, telecommunications and computer sectors

Define the term 'peri-metropolitan region'.

• the deterioration of the built environment. Urban infrastructure falls into a state of disrepair and buildings are left empty for long periods of time

• the functional form and character of an urban environment

• the area bounded by the furthest extent of commuting to metropolitan jobs

• the dispersal of activities and people from large urban centres to smaller urban centres and rural communities

Define the term 'spatial exclusion'.

• a process whereby people, usually those w ho are quite affluent, move from the city to rural areas but continue to maintain an urban way of life

• distinctive residential districts comprising a clustering of people with a common culture and forming an identifiable community

• the protection of luxury lifestyles, which has resulted in restrictions in spatial access and the freedom of movement of other urban dwellers

• the redevelopment of an urban area