Urban Key Terms

An increasing percentage of a population living in cities and urban areas rather than rural areas.

Where a city's population grows and they start building on greenfield sites

Where a city's population declines and they build on brownfield sites

Movement of people from cities to countryside

Where people go on holiday

Movement of people from countryside to cities

A piece of derelict (abandoned) land that has been built on before

A megacity is a city with a population of at least 1 million people.

A megacity is a city with a population of at least 15 million people.

A megacity is a city with a population of at least 10 million people.

Housing that has been created in the middle of a city and it's legal

Housing that has been created in the middle of a city and it's illegal

Housing that has been created on the edge of a city and it's legal

Housing that has been created on the edge of a city and it's illegal

Sanitation means the safe disposal of human waste (1s and 2s!)

Sanitation means reusing contaminated water.

Sanitation means spreading germs intentionally.

Increasing birth rate

A type of disease

Cities

Traffic

A lot of something e.g. a lot of money

Lack of something e.g. not much money