| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Amenities | Useful things inside or outside a home |
| Break of Bulk Point | place where goods have to be unloaded |
| Bridging Point | site where a river can be bridged; natural location for a market |
| Brownfield land | urban land that has previously been developed |
| Burgess Model | urban land model showing five rings around CBD |
| CBD | city center |
| Central Place | settlement that provides goods and services for smaller ones |
| City | large, urban places that are economically self sufficient |
| Clustered Settlement Pattern | settlement where buildings are clustered around a particular point |
| Communting | process of traveling to work |
| Comparison Goods/Services | high-order goods; people like to compare prices; visited occasionally |
| Comprehensive Redevelopment | inner city area where landscape was demolished before being rebuilt on a planned basis |
| Consumer | industries must create what these people want |
| Conurbation | large settlement which is the result of towns spreading out and merging |
| Convenience Goods/Services | low-order goods - inexpensive things that vary little in price or quality; found on street corners |
| Corner Shop | shop that sells a range of every-day needs |
| Counterurbanization | movement of people from cities to rural areas seeking a better quality of life |
| Cycle of Deprivation | when one problem leads to another |
| Demand | willingness and ability of consumers to pay for a particular good or service |
| Dependant Person | a child; or a person with a long-time sickness preventing them from working |
| Deprivation | degree to which an individual or area is deprived of services or amenities |
| Dispersed Settlement Pattern | where buildings are scattered in random fashion |
| Ethnic group | group which is defined by race, religion, nationality or culture |
| Favela | brazilian term for an informal, shanty-type settlement |
| Filtering | when social groups move from one residential area to another |
| Formal Sector | employment sector comprising 'proper' jobs |
| Function of a Settlement | what a settlement does to earn its living |
| Gentrification | process where run down areas are improved by affluent people who move there to gain access to jobs and services in the city |
| Green Belt | area around a city, comprised of parkland and farmland. prevents outward growth and preservces countryside |
| Greenfield land | piece of undeveloped rural land, for agriculture or nature |
| Hectare | 2.471 acres |
| Hierarchy | ranking of settlements or shopping centers according to population size or number of services they provide |
| High-order goods/services | expensive good or service that people buy only occasionally |
| Hinterland | sphere of influence of a port |
| Household | person or persons living at one address |
| Hoyt Model | urban land model showing wedges based upon transport routes and social groupings |
| Hypermarket | giant shopping center in an out-of-city locale |
| Industrial Revolution | growth and development of manufacturing industry beginning in the UK in the 18th century |
| Inner City | part of the urban area surrounding the CBD; contains older housing and industry |
| Linear Settlement | settlement which follows the line of a road or river |
| Low-order Goods/Services | cheap good or service that people buy on regular basis; bought at corner shops |
| Market Area | area served by particular settlement, shop or service |
| Megalopolis | continuous stretch or urban settlement which results from towns and cities merging together |
| Market Town | town whose main function is that of a shopping and service center for the surrounding region |
| New Town | well planned, self contained settlement complete with housing, employment and services |
| Nucleated Settlement Pattern | settlement where buildings are clustered around a particular point; same as a clustered settlement pattern |
| Over-urbanization | when # of people outgrows the availability of resources |
| Planning | attempt to carry our a program of work |
| Port | site where ships can be anchored safely |
| Professional Occupations | occupations that normally require a university degree or highly selective qualification |
| Quality of Life | happiness |
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