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| Question | Answer |
| FRAME | the outer part of the CBD (central business district) containing smaller, more specialised shops |
| URBANISATION | an increase in the % of people living in URBAN areas |
| BROWNFIELD SITE | an area of land that's previously been built on that's available to be built on again |
| GREENFIELD SITE | an area of open land that has never been built on previously |
| INFORMAL SECTOR | not regular paid employment, unofficial work, often self-help small-scale services such as street sellers and shoe shiners |
| INDUSTRIALISATION | growth and increasing importance of the manufacturing industry |
| MEGA CITY | an urban area with over 10 million people living there e.g. Sao Paulo |
| MILLIONAIRE CITY | urban area with more than 1 million people living there |
| SQUATTER SETTLEMENT | homes on land not owned by the people living there, built illegally |
| ECO-TOWN (3 features) | a place to live that's built from recycled materials, carbon neutral and has a low energy consumption |
| GENTRIFICATION | associated movement of wealthy people back into areas of former urban decay |
| MULTICULTURAL | when people from different ethnic, racial or religious backgrounds live together |
| SEGREGATION | high concentration of land uses AND/OR groups of people in certain areas of the city, separate from other people |
| SUBURBS | part of an urban area that has grown outwards from the old centre |
| CORE | the centre of a CBD (central business district) |
| CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) | urban zone located in the centre, mainly shops and offices |
| LAND USES | the way the land surface is used |
| FUNCTION | the settlements purpose |
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