| A | B |
|---|
| linear settlement | a settlement that has grown along a line |
| nucleated settlement | a settlement that has grown in a compact shape |
| dispersed settlement | a settlement that has grown in a spread out manner |
| industrial settlement | a settlements with many factories and industrial estates |
| market towns | towns that are accessible and offer services like offices, shops and schools |
| accessible | a place that is easy to get to |
| dormitory settlement | a place where people live but many work elsewhere |
| route centre | a highly accessible place where a number of transport routes meet; often at a bridging point of a river |
| sphere of influence | how far customers will come to use a service |
| low order services | services that are used frequently, and there is many of them e.g. pubs |
| medium order services | services that are used quite often and are found in larger villages, towns and cities e.g. a chemist shop |
| high order services | services that are used infrequently and are not often used e.g. national sports stadium |
| land use | how the land is used! |
| Central Business District (CBD) | the city centre where land is expensive and large shops and office blocks are found |
| inner city | area of older housing and industry found around the C.B.D. - often has been redeveloped |
| grid iron street pattern | straight streets and at right angles - typical of 19 century housing areas |
| cul-de-sacs | dead end streets designed to slow down traffic |
| crescents | curving, narrow streets designed to slow down traffic |
| urban decay | poor condition of houses and industry in a city |
| traffic congestion | too many vehicles using city roads, slowing the traffic down |
| urban renewal | improving the poor coundition of the run down areas of a city |
| new towns | planned setlements designed to rehouse and provide jobs for overspill population from redeveloped inner city areas |
| overspill population | people who had to move when their inner city housing area was redeveloped |
| economic problems | problems to do with money e.g. poor housing, lack of jobs and poverty |
| social problems | problems to do with people e.g. crime, alcohol and other drug problems |
| environmental problems | problems to do with your surroundings e.g. pollution, derelict land and poor housing |
| port | a settlement whose main function is to import and import goods by sea |
| green belt | area around a city that is meant to be unlikely to be developed; intended to prevent urban sprawl |
| ring road | a road around the outside of a city that is made to reduce traffic congestion |
| catchment area | the sphere of influence of a school |
| hinterland | the sphere of influence of a port |
| suburbs | building found near the edge of a settlement e.g. "Brookside" |
| settlement | a place where people live |
| terrace housing | long rows of housing e.g. "Coronation Street" |
| tenements | 19 century, 4 storey high buildings found in Scottish inner city areas |
| urban sprawl | settlements growing outwards, using up farmland and the countryside |
