Urban environments

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Urban
Town or city
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Rural
Countryside area
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Urbanisation
A process where the proportion of people living in towns and cities increases
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Millionaire city
A city with a population of over 1 million people
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Rural to urban migration
When people move from the countryside to towns or cities
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Distribution
How something is spread out
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Push factor
A negative reason that pushes people from one area to another
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Pull factor
A positive reason that pulls people to one area from another
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MEDC
More economically developed country
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LEDC
Less economically developed country
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CBD
Central business district - the middle of a town or city
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Inner city
The area around the CBD
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Suburbs
Residential area on the edge of the town
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Rural-urban fringe
Border between edge of town or city and the countryside
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Land use
The type of features, including buildings, that are found in a certain area
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Brownfield site
An area of land that has previously been built on. Usually in the inner city
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Greenfield site
An area of land that hasn't previously been built on. Usually on the edge of a town
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Gentrification
When people buy and renovate houses in deteriorating neighbourhoods to increase property value
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Industrialisation
Development of a country's economy through more people working in industry
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Mechanisation
Machines taking the jobs of people
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Segregation
The separation of people from different cultural backgrounds
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Squatter settlement
Areas on the edge of cities with shacks made from scrap materials
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Sustainability
How resources can be used in a biologically and economically friendly way, now and in the future
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Carbon neutral
No carbon emissions
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Card 2

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Countryside area

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Rural

Card 3

Front

A process where the proportion of people living in towns and cities increases

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Card 4

Front

A city with a population of over 1 million people

Back

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Card 5

Front

When people move from the countryside to towns or cities

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