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Undeveloped land in urban or rural locations used for farming, grazing or left to lie fallow
Greenfield
Land surrounding urban areas that is protected so that it cannot be built on
Green belt
A city with a population of more than 10m+
The movement of people from urban to rural areas
Counterurbanisation
Overcrowded makeshift cities located on the outskirts of cities, typically inhabited by people in poverty
What are slums
Voluntary or forced separation of different cultures within the same city or geographic area.
What is residential segregation
Agency of the UN tasked with improving global public health
World health organization (WHO)
American term for a large area of businesses, found on the outskirts of a city in what used to be residential areas
What is an edge city
A city with global influence/reach
Global/world city
The process of removal of industry from a country/region
The shift of people living in city centers to the outskirts of cities
What is suburbanization
The movement of people back into a previously abandoned urban area
Reurbanisation
This states that the price and demand for land changes in relation to the distance from the CBD
What is bid rent theory
When cities renovate lower income areas in order to attract high income tenants
Urban Renewal/Gentrification
When housing gets downgraded from being high income housing to low income housing due to high maintenence costs
What is filtering?
Parts of the CBD where old buildings that can no longer to be used are demolished
Area of discard
This model argues that cities grow out from the CBD in wedges rather than rings, where the wealthier will take the most attractive land.
What is hoyt's sector theory?
Cities that have reduced their industry and are now more focused on technology development, and services.
Post industrial cities
Parts of the CBD which are reused and converted for a new purpose
Area of assimilation
Model to explain social structures in cities related to the CBD at the center, with wealthier individuals living in the best locations
What is the concentric/burgess model
The Human Development Index is a measure of a countries achievement in which three areas?
Longevity, Knowledge, Standard of living
This theory argues that cities develop around multiple centers not just a CDB
What is the multiple nuclei theory?
When land ownership is determined by cultural norms
When land ownership is determined by codified law and governments
What is Statutory tenure
How is standard of living measured on the HDI?
What is GDP per capita/person