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 © 2005 Bernd Untiedt, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_geography © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 21324 1 © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 • 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. 21324 3 What do these urban geography key words and phrases mean? • • • • • • • • • • • • Burgess City Clustered distribution Commuter village Conurbation Counterurbanisation Detached Greenbelts Greenfield site Hoyt Infrastructure Megacity © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 21324 Instructions Student task © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 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 21324 • • • • • • • • © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 21324 4 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 © 2008 SyntaxError55 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentric_zone_model 5 © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 21324 6 1 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. © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 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 21324 7 © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 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 21324 8 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. © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2013 Orpington High Street © 2003 Patrick Neylan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Street 21324 9 2