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Urban revolution

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Major change in the form of development of settlements due to technological advances.

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Urbanisation

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Process by which the number of people living in urban settlements increases

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Urban growth

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Absolute increase in a physical size and total population of urban areas.

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Cycle of urbanisation

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The stages of urban change from growth of a city to counterurbanisation through reurbanisation.

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Suburbanisation

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Outward groth of towns and cities to engulf surrounding villages and rural areas.

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Counterurbanisation

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Process of population decentralisation as people move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements.

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Reurbanisation

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The rise in population of a city after a period of decline

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Land use zoning

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Mapping exercise that decides how land should be used.

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Urban development

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Complete clearance of existing buildings and site infrastructure and construction of new buildings.

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Urban renewal

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Keeping the best elements of urban environments and adapting them to new usages.

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Infrastructure

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Built facilities, generally publicly funded.

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Cumulative causation (ask)

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The process that impulses to economic growth

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Gentrification

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Process by which wealthier people move into and restore run-down housing in a neglected area.

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Residential mosaic

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Complex pattern of different residential areas within a city. Shows variations in socio-economic status.

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Accessibility

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Ease with which a place can be reached from other locations.

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Global (world) city

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City that is judged to be important point in the global economic system