Urban Key Terminology
Across
- 2. Restricting vehicle access to prioritise pedestrians, making cities more eco-friendly.
- 3. Land use where different floors of a building serve different purposes, e.g., retail on the ground floor and residential above.
- 8. Minimum population needed to support a particular service.
- 9. Outward expansion of cities into surrounding areas.
- 12. Open land, with laws about building, surrounding a city to prevent urban sprawl.
- 14. Explains how land value decreases with distance from the PLVI.
- 15. Fee charged to vehicles in busy areas to reduce traffic.
- 18. A place where people live and carry out activities.
- 20. The point in the CBD where land value is highest due to accessibility and demand.
- 21. Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
- 22. Redevelopment of low-value areas into higher-value ones, pushing out existing residents..
- 23. The physical land on which a settlement is built.
- 24. The most central core of a city with concentrated commercial activity and little residential.
Down
- 1. The unique climate conditions created in urban areas, influenced by structures and human activity
- 4. Clustering of economic activities in certain urban areas for mutual benefit and efficiency.
- 5. Pollution caused by sunlight interacting with car emissions.
- 6. The increase in size or population of built up areas e.g. towns or cities.
- 7. The main purpose or activities of a settlement e.g. political.
- 10. Design and management of urban spaces and land use often by councils or governments..
- 11. Uncontrolled outward growth of a city into surrounding rural areas.
- 13. Urban areas with populations exceeding 10 million people.
- 16. The difference between birth rates and death rates.
- 17. Unplanned, self-built homes lacking adequate services and government regulation..
- 19. Urban areas being significantly warmer than rural surroundings.