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| Question | Answer |
| LANDFILL SITE hole in the ground where rubbish is dumped and buried | URBAN SPRAWL the unplanned growth and spread of urban areas out into the countryside. |
| RESOURCE something we use and rely on | CARBON FOOTPRINT a measurement of all the greenhouse gases that we produce. These are converted into equivalent CO2 |
| APPROPIATE TECHNOLOGY technology that is appropriate to the situation, that will use the skills and suit the needs of local people | FAIR TRADE a type of trade where producers in poor countries get a fair living wage product, and which promotes environmental protection |
| AID the giving of resources from 1 country or organisation to another country eg. money, expertise, goods | Short Term AID emergency aid- given as a response to a particular immediate need |
| Long Term AID usually takes years before it is of full benefit to a country | WHY IS AID REQUIRED to help LEDC's cope with; Global inequalities(diff. in dev. levels) introduce sustainable methods of dev the imbalance of trade that causes deficit dealing with environmental disasters recovering from man made |
| BILATERAL AID directly from 1 country to another. Sometimes strings attached | TIED AID what money is to be spent on is specified. eg. Building roads with UK companies |
| MULTILATERAL AID government donate to world organisations (UN) who distribute it | VOLUNTARY AID Funded by the public to organise aid programs |
| TRADE DEFICIT (LEDC) country earns less from exports than it spends on imports | MEDC TRADE PATTERNS Import- raw materials, foodstuffs Export- manufactured goods and services |
| LEDC TRADE PATTERNS import-high value manufactured goods export- foodstuffs/raw materials | .. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS technology available that will help you gain access to info. present data, explore patterns + predict future events | INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION when people move from 1 country to another on a permanent basis |
| MIGRATION the movement of people from one place to another | POPULATION STRUCTURE no. of males and females within different age groups in the population |
| ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE people in a population who are of working age 15-64 | YOUNG DEPENDANTS people that are too young to work- dependant on the economically active 0-14 |
| ELDERLY DEPENDANTS to old to work, dependant on the economically active 65+ | POP. PYRAMIDS SHOW total pop.in each 5 year group % of people in each %of males and females in each trends in BR, DR, IM and LE prop. of pop. dependant on ec. active |
| DEPENDANCY RATIO not economically active __________________ X100 economically active | DEVELOPMENT improvements in a countries ec. and social conditions. Refers to improvments in ways of managing a countries natural + human resources in order to create wealth and improve peoples lives |
| INFANT MORTALITY no. of children who die before age of 1 per 1000 of population | LIFE EXPECTANCY av. no of years a person born in a country can expect to live |
| ADULT LITERCY % of adult population that can read and write | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX uses indicators other than wealth ranks countries acc. to their HDI score closer to 1=more developed Combines health, wealth and ed. Social- L.E, lit rate, ed. enrolment Economic- GNP, exports, GDP |
| HUMAN POVERTY INDEX poverty is not just about income-uses nonfinancial aspects also deprivation made up of early DR, adult lit, living stand. water, obesity HIGHER SCORE=MORE DEPRIVED | GLOBALISAION the way in which countries from all over the world are becoming linked by trade, ideas and technology |
| TRADE the movement and sale of goods or services from 1 country to another | TRADE SURPLUS country earns more on exports than it spends on imports |
| DEFENSIVE SITE Meander, Hill Eg. Belfast-Divis Mt, Lough Foyle | BURGESS CONCENTRIC RING MODEL CBD Zone of transition low med. high cost housing |
| CBD main shops and offices centre for commerce and entertainment most accessible part of city Sml area,demand high, so UP! | TRANSITION most recent immigrants gentrification degraded housing, light industry |
| L.C.H peeps slightly better off 2nd gen. immigrants walk/public transport- cost reduced | M.C.H Higher quality in UK- inter war semi-detached and council estate |
| COUNTER URBANISATION people moving out of towns/cities | BIRTH RATE no. of live births/1000 of population/year |
| H.C.H money req. to -afford houses here -commute to CBD daily | SUBURBS Res. areas at the edge of the settlement |
| RURAL URBAN FRINGE- blurry line! area just beyond suburbs building not as strictly controlled as green belts | INDUSTRIAL ZONE Old-beyond i.cities with worker housing NEW-outskirts, rely on motorway to bring raw material and to distribute finished product |
| DEATH RATE no. of deaths/year/1000 of the population in an area | NATURAL INCREASE birth-death |
| THRESHOLD no. of customers needed to make profitable eg. cinema-15000 people | GREEN BELTS areas of the countryside that have strict regulations against building |
| SETTLEMENT a place where people live | SITE actual place where people locate their settlement |
| URBAN SPRAWL when a city spreads out into surrounding countryside covering farm and woodland with roads and buildings. | WET POINT SITE river provides fresh water for washing, cooking or cleaning. Londonderry/Belfast |
| POPULATION GROWTH-MEDC's 1650-Black Death 1800-Agriculture/Industrial Revolution | POPULATION GROWTH-LEDC's 1900rev in hc, vaccination+sanitation 1950-green revolution, high yield var. |
| SITUATION where settlement is in relation to natural resources and other settlements | FUNCTION what a settlement did, or still does |
| DRY POINT SITE above marshy land/land liable to flood Belfast | BRIDGING POINT river is narrower, firm banks Banbridge |
| SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY when settlements are put in order based on size, services or distance apart | HIGH ORDER Rarely flights, sofa, university |
| MIDDLE ORDER monthly/fortnightly cinema, cloths | LOW ORDER every/every other day milk |
| S.O.I area served by a settlement | RANGE max. distance people will travel to buy/use goods or services |
| GREENBELT PURPOSE to -control spread of suburbs -protect against merge of settlements -protect cc from urban sprawl -encourage urban renewal in inner city | URBANISATION process by which an increasing percentage of people are living in towns and cities |
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