urban enviroments

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a squatter settlement in a Brazilian city
Favela
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when people move from one area to another
Migration
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the presence of chemicals, noise, dirt or other substances which have harmful or poisonous effects on an environment
Pollution
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how good a person’s life is, measured by such things of housing and environment, access to education, healthcare, how secure people feel and how happy they are with their lifestyle
Quality of life
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measures designed to protect public health, such as providing clean water and disposing of sewage and waste
Sanitation
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when there is too great a volume of traffic for roads to cope with, and traffic slows to a crawl
Traffic congestion
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This is when people move to live on the edge of urban areas. This causes 'urban sprawl' where the city spreads outwards taking up a larger area. Generally, the density of buildings are high in the centre and become more spread out towards the edges. These
Suburbanization
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People move out of towns to rural settlements. These are generally 'dormitory' settlements as people only sleep there. They commute to work and make use of urban services such as shops/hospitals/schools. A good example is Marden or Sevenoaks.
Commuting
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when people move from one area to another

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Migration

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the presence of chemicals, noise, dirt or other substances which have harmful or poisonous effects on an environment

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how good a person’s life is, measured by such things of housing and environment, access to education, healthcare, how secure people feel and how happy they are with their lifestyle

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measures designed to protect public health, such as providing clean water and disposing of sewage and waste

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