WorksheetsUrbanisation key terms Quiz
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
What does the acronym NEE stand for in contemporary urban environments?
Newly Emerging Economy
National Economic Entity
New Economic Era
Non-Established Economy
What is the process called when a greater proportion of a country’s population comes to live in towns and cities?
Urbanisation
Suburbanisation
Decentralisation
Counter-urbanisation
Which term refers to the outward growth of people, services, and employment towards the edges of an urban area?
Suburbanisation
Urban resurgence
Decentralisation
Gentrification
What is deindustrialisation?
The reduction of industrial activity or capacity in a region or economy
The increase of industrial activity in urban areas
The movement of industries to rural areas
The development of new industrial sectors
Which of the following is not a cause of suburbanisation?
car ownership
improved public transport
increasing pressure on the Green Belt
Arterial roads into and out of the city
Which of these is an effect on inner city areas of suburbanisation?
Increased unemployment and poverty
Increasing price of land
Fewer school places for locals in outlying villages
Increase in size of city as demand for low density housing increases
Counter-urbanisation is...
The outward growth of people, services and employment towards the edges of an urban area
The improvement of urban areas by individual property owners, which usually leads to increased commercial activity in local retail areas
Population movement from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements and rural areas
