Key terms
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| Urbanisation | The process through which an increasing percentage of a country's population lives in urban areas compared with rural areas
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| Industrialisation | The development of an industry on a large or extensive scale
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| Brownfield site | A site that is available for redevelopment, and has previously been built on (may be abandoned or underused)
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| Greenfield site | Undeveloped land currently used for agriculture or landscape; a blank canvas to developers
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| Rural | Associated with countryside; a less densely populated area of a country
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| Urban | A more densely populated area consisting of vast human features in comparison to surrounding areas
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| Site | An area of ground on which a building or settlement is constructed
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| Situation | The location and surroundings of a place
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| Central place theory | A theory concerning the number, size and location of human settlements
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| Threshold | The level, rate or amount at which something comes into effect
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| Range | Area of variation between upper and lower limits
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| Sphere of influence | The geographical area in which one settlement is very influential
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| Sustainable | Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
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| Migration | The movement of people from one country or locality to another
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| Counterurbanisation | The process through which people move from urban areas to rural areas
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| Squatter | A person who breaks the law by occupying an ininhabited building or unused land
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| Shanty towns or favelas | Slum settlements where poor people are forced to live in poor conditions
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| Central business district (CBD) | The main shopping and business centre of a city
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| Inner city | The are near the centre of a city
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| Suburbs | Residential or mixed use areas that exist either as parts of cities or on the outskirts
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