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11Geo Connecting P&P
Revision for SRT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Globalisation: | A globally interdependent set of social, economic, political and cultural processes |
| Context of an eco-city: | The physical surroundings of a city as well as the political and social conditions in which the eco-city is developed. |
| Urban structure of an eco-city: | The physical reality of the city, including the land, GREEN SPACE, public space an buildings |
| Breakpoint Model: | Delimits a theoretical boundary between two competing shopping centres |
| Huffs Gravity Model: | Predicts probabilities of visiting competing shopping centres based on trade area for particular goods and travel time of all competing shopping centres |
| Critical Infrastructure: | Consists of those elements of civil infrastructure that could cause significant disruption to the community if destroyed or damaged |
| Infrastructure: | The underlying framework or foundation of a system |
| Concentric Zone Model (Burgess, 1939): | A early urban model showing series of development zones spreading out from a central point |
| Sector Model (Hoyt, 1939): | A series of development zones spreading out from a central point interrupted by wedges of higher value land |
| Multiple Nuclei Model (Harris & Ullman 1945): | A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities. Most modern cities conform to this model. |
| Greenbelt: | A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area. |
| Urban renewal | Redevelopment and refurbishment of urban areas. |
| Urban Consolidation: | Reusing old buildings for new purposes |
| Urban Sprawl: | The low density expansion of urban areas into the surrounding countryside |
| Urban Consolidation: | Reusing old building for new purposes |
| Urbanisation: | Process of moving from an rural area to an urban area |
| Urban: | Built up areas such as towns and cities with a higher population density than rural areas |
| Rural: | The countryside, has a much lower population density than urban areas. |
| Gentrification: | The redevelopment of run down areas into pleasant, stylish locations |
| Telecommunications: | A combination of digital infrastructure including telephone, internet, mobile phone and cable/satelite TV |
| Threshold: | The minimum number of people necessary before a particular good or service can be provided in an area. |
| Range: | Maximum distance people will travel for a good or service |
Created by:
H.Durham
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