Population
A diagram used to represent a countries population structure
What is a population pyramid
It is a place where people live
what is a settlement?
it is a term which means a town or a city which is growing in size and populating due to development
what is urbanisation?
It is the central part of the city which contains the principal commercial streets and main public buildings
what is the CBD?
A country that dealt with an outbreak of AIDs and HIV that spread throughout the country.
What is Botswana?
the positive aspects that attract people to move to a place
What are pull factors?
The land upon which a settlement is built
what is a site?
An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns being 'swallowed' by the central city
what is conurbation?
This sector model focuses around the CBD and expands in a ring like fashion
What is the Burgess Centric Model?
A town or city that is sustainable, with expensive housing but big green spaces around the CBD
What is frankfurt?
this sexually transmitted disease that devastated the population of botswana
what is HIV/AIDs?
a town's location in relation to surrounding human and physical features
what is situation
When residential areas fill up and there are few properties left on the market
What are housing shortages?
this sector model was based on transport routes and the idea of certain types of land use repel each other
what is Hoyt's sector model?
What is Shanghai?
factors that encourage people to leave their points of origin and settle elsewhere
What are push factors?
Places where the soil is generally polluted and left alone, usually then turned into slums
what are brownfield sites?
the rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns
What is urban sprawl?
It is a type of slum housing, that has no open spaces, limited hygiene, lack of modern appliances.
what is a squatter settlement/shanty town?
This city has a huge traffic congestion issue on its highways, creating a lot of air pollution
What is London?
it can reduce population growth by motivating people to build their careers to put money away for the future instead of having children earlier
places where goods are imported and then re-exported without paying taxes
entrepôts
It is a process in which a previously functioning city, or city area, falls into disrepair and disuse
What is urban decay?
It is the direction in which a slope faces
What is aspect?
A sustainable city that improved their quality of life by creating; affordable and unique transportation system, public housing program, free education, green spaces.
What is Curitiba, Brazil?