Geography_Revision

Geography Revision Human Geography Revision Web Notes overpopulation - where too many people live in an area for the resources available, resulting in a low standard of living accessibility - how easy it is to get to a settlement central businessdistrict (CBD) - the centre of a city which usually has departmental stores, offices, main bus and railway stations and entertainments commuter village - a village next to a city; many people travel, or commute, from the village to work in the city conurbation - a very large built up area formed when towns and cities join together dispersed - a scattered pattern of settlements function - the main purpose of a settlement, e.g. port, market town or route centre high order services - services that are rarely used by most people and are only found in the larger towns and cities e.g. major football stadium, international airport. land use zones - are the areas of housing, industry and commerce (shops, offices etc.)in a town. industrial estate - an area of modem factories Infrastructure - the framework of roads, railways, power supplies land use zones - areas in a town with the same kind of land use linear settlement - settlement with a long, narrow shape low order services - those used frequently by most people, found population, people, areas, city, area, urban, industry, cities, settlement, growth, number, large, one, increase, high, very, land, housing, rural, move, towns, country, two, town, resources, rates, per, investment, distribution, cbd, been, urbanisation, natural, low, live, larger, world, result, populated, place, model, migration, likely, jobs, industries, further, developed, density, death, class