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