Changing Place unit glossary

5. A way of life drawn from aspects of the lifestyles of a range of cultures across the world
6. The outward spread of a city and its suburbs
7. movement from one part of something to another.
8. Use of resources now without damaging them for use by future generations
10. gross domestic income
11. the state of a country or region in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services and the supply of money.
12. physical services of a place
15. The deterioration of the built environment; urban infrastructure falls into a state of disrepair and buildings are left empty for long periods of time

1. The amount of food or fibre produced from a unit of land.
2. A process whereby people, usually affluent, move from the city to rural areas but continue to maintain an urban way of life through long distance commuting or by using technology.
3. The number of people per square kilometre
4. The process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in towns and cities
9. An informal, often illegal, settlement built by the poor using materials from the streets
11. semi-rural region lying just beyond the suburbs of a city – often commuter towns
13. A city with more than 10 million people
14. City A city considered to be an important centre of global economic activity e.g. NY, London, Tokyo