definitions 3
- Created by: Emily BIrch
- Created on: 13-05-13 16:36
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- urbanisation
- the increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities
- agenda 21
- programme run by the united nations related to sustainable development it is an action plan to be taken globally , nationally and locally by organisations of the UN, governments and major groups in every area in which humans impact on the environment
- megalopolis
- is a very larger urban area that contains several metropolitan centres
- deindustrialisation
- is the decline in manufacturing industry, and the growth in tertiary and Quaternary industry
- Ethnic enclave
- is part of a city in which the population is mainly from one ethnic group , often with its own religious beliefs and places of worship, together with shops and community centres
- Hyper-urbanisation
- where the increase in the urban population is happening so rapidly that the city cannot cope with the needs of the people
- ecological footprint
- a measure of the amount of land and water that a population needs in order to produce the resources that it consume s, and to absorb its waste , with existing technology
- Sustainable development
- the development that meets the needs of the present without compromisingthe ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- urbanisation
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