Urbanisation

• Urbanisation is the process of increasing the proportion of a population living in towns and cities
• The two main causes for urbanisation are migration and population growth
• What is a push factor

  Factors that cause people to move away from an area
• What is urban sprawl?


  Where the city grows outwards are a large pace, moving into green space
• What is a world city?

  This is a large city which has a significant social, economic, cultural or political importance around the world. It’s population may be under 10 million e.g. London
• What is a metacity?

  This is a large city which has a population of 20 million people or more. There are currently 9 cities around the world in this category.
• Where would you find:•The City Centre•Commercial Hub•Main Transport Links

  CBD
• Where would you find:•Large detached houses.•Open spaces including parks.•Out of town shopping malls.•Cul-de-sac style streets.

  Outer Suburbs
• Where would you find:Semi-detached houses.Small gardensHouses built in 1920sMany houses have large bay windowsCan be a lack of available parking for modern day livingts.

  Inner Suburbs
• In which part of the UK would you find Bristol?

  South West England
• What is a brownfield site?

  An area that has been previously built on and is reused for a new development.
• What is a greenfield site?

  Undeveloped land that has not been previously built on but used for new developments
• What is a green belt?

  Areas that have strict controls on what can be built on the land
• Which describes the primary industry?

  Extraction: includes farming, mining of raw materials
• Which describes the secondary industry?

  Manufacturing: includes making things with raw materials (factories
• Which describes the tertiary industry?

  Services: includes providing healthcare, education, shops, tourism, insurance and banking.
• things that happen in the Landzones

  A) central business district

  B) Factories/industries

  C) working class housing

  D) middle class housing

  E) commuter zone

  
• Land zones

  A) CBD

  B) inner city

  C) inner suburbs

  D) outer suburbs