Urban Terms

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Definitions for urban terms
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Select the correct term to the definition: The grouping together of different or related land use functions that benefit from each other's operations
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  • Inertia
  • Agglomeration
  • Urban sprawl
  • Aggregation

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[blank_start]Centripetal[blank_end] forces are forces that pull functions towards the city centre from the peripheral zone
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  • Centrifugal
  • Centripetal

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Which of the following is an example of inertia?
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  • Restaurant precinct in William St.
  • East Perth and North Perth
  • Perth Town Hall
  • Victoria Park

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Gentrification can be defined as the deterioration of urban structures and facilities that results in a poor quality environment
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  • True
  • False

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Accessibility can be defined as
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  • The linear arrangement of functions
  • The increase of density in an urban land use
  • The high rise arrangement of functions
  • Ease of access to a location

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[blank_start]Gentrification[blank_end] can be defined as the renewal of old inner-city buildings associated with the influx of residents who are more wealthy and often younger than those who lived there previously
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  • Gentrification

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[blank_start]Centrifugal[blank_end] forces are those that [blank_start]repel[blank_end] functions from the city centre towards the [blank_start]peripheral[blank_end] zone
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  • Centrifugal
  • Centripetal
  • repel
  • peripheral
  • city

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When one land use function begins to move into another land use zone. [blank_start]Succession[blank_end] is said to have taken place when the [blank_start]invading[blank_end] function becomes the [blank_start]dominant[blank_end] function in this area.
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  • Succession
  • Invasion
  • invading
  • succeeding
  • dominant
  • recessive

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The definition: 'The dispersal of functions away from a central location' e.g. WA Newspapers moving from CBD to IMZ is the definition for
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  • Decentralisation
  • Consolidation
  • Centripetal forces
  • Invasion and succession

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[blank_start]Aggregation[blank_end] can be defined as the grouping together of [blank_start]compatible[blank_end] land use functions that benefit from the higher profile of being located in the same area
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  • compatible
  • incompatible
  • Agglomeration
  • Aggregation

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[blank_start]Urban Renewal[blank_end] is the redevelopment of urban [blank_start]blights[blank_end] visually initiated by [blank_start]government[blank_end] agencies.
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  • Urban Renewal
  • Urban blight
  • blights
  • sprawl
  • government
  • private
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