Paper 3: Keywords

Cards (4)

  • Rural-urban fringe

    The rural-urban fringe is the boundary zone outside the urban area where rural and urban land uses intermix. It is the area where the city meets the countryside
  • Suburbanisation
    Suburbanisation is where the suburbs on the outer edge of the settlement grow outwards as new houses and services are built to accommodate more people
  • Unsuitable housing:
    Poor quality housing - Overcrowded housing - Unsafe housing
  • Commuter settlement
    A commuter settlement is a place where people live but travel elsewhere for work. It is a populated area primarily residential in nature