A dictionary of urban geography
F is for … Favela
A favela is a shanty
town or informal slum
housing found in many
LEDC cities. Rocinha is a
favela of more than
100,000 people in Rio
de Janeiro in Brazil. It
is built on hillsides
which are too steep for
normal housing where
mudslides are a
frequent hazard.
New York - View from the Empire State Building
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_geography
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• Make one slide only for each urban geography
key word, phrase or case study.
• Your task is to produce a PowerPoint dictionary of
urban geography which you can use for
examination revision. It should cover all aspects
of urban geography including:
• However, you can have more than one slide for
each letter and there may be none for some
letters.
 Key words
 Definitions
 Case studies
• Start each slide as follows:
 A is for …
 B is for …
 C is for … etc.
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What do these urban geography
key words and phrases mean?
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Burgess
City
Clustered distribution
Commuter village
Conurbation
Counterurbanisation
Detached
Greenbelts
Greenfield site
Hoyt
Infrastructure
Megacity
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Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
© 2010 chensiyuan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favela
Micro-credit scheme
Owner occupier
Population density
Quality of life
Residential
Rural urban fringe
Self-help project
Semi detached
Services
Suburban
Sustainable
development
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Student task
• Look at the next three sample slides and the urban
geography key words before you start.
Teleworking
Terraced
Town
Urban sprawl
Urbanisation
Village
Ward
Zone in transition
• Don’t forget to access different sources including:
• your notes
• textbooks
• the internet
The bid rent theory graph used in the Burgess land use model
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A is for … Amenities
Amenities are
either inside the
home e.g. baths,
toilets and hot
water etc. or they
are outside the
houses e.g.
drainage, public
parks, shops, street
lighting and public
transport etc.
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B is for … Brownfield site
A brownfield site is
a location which has
been previously
developed e.g. the
old factory site in
the image on the
right could be
demolished and the
land used for
housing.
London amenities
© 2012 André Zehetbauer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/az1172/7991519653
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The Wills tobacco factory on East Street, Bedminster, Bristol in 1921
© Reproduced with the permission of English Heritage (Image reference: EPW005478)
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw005478?search=%20EPW005478&ref=0
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C is for … CBD
The Central Business
District (CBD) is the
commercial,
financial and
transport heart of a
town or city.
A CBD can be
identified by its
offices, government
buildings, banks and
other financial
companies and chain
stores.
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Orpington High Street
© 2003 Patrick Neylan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Street
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