urban features

• What does the term "urban" refer to?

  Areas built by people; towns and cities
• What is urbanisation?

  The process of towns and cities developing
• What is migration?

  The movement of people from one place to another
• What types of migration exist?

  Voluntary, forced, permanent, or temporary
• What is internal growth in a city?

  Growth from births among the resident population
• What does "function" refer to in the context of a city?

  A role performed by something in a city
• What is an urban belt?

  An area of land that is more urban in character
• What is an isolated dwelling?

  The smallest form of settlement
• What is a farm in terms of settlement?

  An isolated dwelling involved in agriculture
• What defines a hamlet?

  A small collection of dwellings
• How is a village characterized?

  A small community larger than a hamlet
• What is a town?

  A settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city
• What defines a city?

  A large settlement with various functions
• What is a conurbation?

  An extended urban area with merging towns
• What is the settlement hierarchy?

  • Scale of settlements from isolated dwelling to conurbation
  • Ranges from smallest to largest communities
• What are advanced countries?

  Countries with well-developed economic characteristics
• How are emerging and developing countries classified?

  Countries not fully advanced or eligible for aid
• What are low-income developing countries?

  Countries eligible for the Poverty Reduction Trust
• What is rural-urban migration?

  Movement from rural areas to urban areas
• What is a megacity?

  A city with a population over 10 million
• What defines a world city?

  A city important in the global economic system
• What are pull factors?

  Positive factors attracting people to an area
• What are push factors?

  Negative factors causing people to leave an area
• What is the informal sector?

  Jobs without regular contracts or benefits
• What is informal housing?

  Housing built on land not owned
• What is suburbanisation?

  Rural areas resembling suburbs around cities
• What is counter-urbanisation?

  Movement from urban areas to rural areas
• What is a suburb?

  A residential district on a city's outskirts
• What is a green belt?

  Protected land around urban areas to prevent sprawl
• What is urban sprawl?

  Expansion of urban areas into rural land
• What is re-urbanisation?

  Initiatives to counter inner city decline
• What is social inequality?

  Unequal opportunities based on societal position
• What is fuel poverty?

  When heating costs exceed income limits
• What is child poverty?

  Living in a household below 60% income average