Rural and Urban Places

Across

3. housing housing provided by government agencies or non-proﬁt organisations for people on low incomes or with particular needs
6. agglomeration cities whose contiguous territory has surpassed the ‘city proper’ or local administrative boundaries and includes the adjacent suburban and peri-urban areas
13. a toilet similar to a regular ﬂush toilet, except that instead of the water coming from the cistern above, it is poured in by the user
17. the maximum distance people are willing to travel to access a particular good or service
18. the area just beyond the metropolitan fringe, the interface between city and country, but within the economic and social catchment of a large urban centre;
20. city a centre of global economic and cultural authority
21. a settlement’s sphere of economic inﬂuence
22. where a place is in relation to other places or a prominent physical feature, such as a river or mountain range
23. a small settlement, smaller than a village; typically home to people focused on a single economic activity, such as farming
24. land on the outskirts of a city

Down

1. the minimum number of people required to support a particular service
2. a city with more than 10 million inhabitants
4. housing that is appropriate for the needs of a range of very low- to moderate-income households and priced so that these households can still meet other basic living costs, such as food, clothing, transport, medical care and education
5. pattern the distribution of buildings in a settlement
7. the study of the relationship between culture and place
8. housing housing that does not comply with local authority requirements for conventional (formal) townships; typically unauthorised and invariably located upon land not zoned or designated for residential use; also called slums or shanty towns
9. the characteristics of the place in which a settlement is located
10. sites that have previously been developed
11. areas available for development on the edges of urban areas or in suburban locations
12. area a city and its commuting zone, consisting of suburban, peri-urban and rural areas economically and socially linked to the city
14. area on the urban periphery into which cities expand or which cities inﬂuence
15. decay the physical deterioration of the urban environment urban renewal the redevelopment of blighted urban areas, so that they better meet the needs of people
16. a large urban agglomeration formed by the gradual growth and merging of formerly separate towns
19. consolidation policies directed at increasing the density of housing in established residential areas
24. sprawl the spread of urban land uses into