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| Settlement | A place where people live |
| The exact location of a settlement | Site |
| The location of a settlement in relation to the surrounding area | Situation |
| An increase in the number of people living in cities compared to those in rural areas | Urbanisation |
| The reason a settlement is there (e.g. St Ives - Market Town) | Settlement Function |
| Central Business District or City Centre | CBD |
| An area of similar land-use (e.g. residential, commercial etc.) | Land-Use Zone |
| Area of the city that grew up in the 19th century with industrialisation (also known as the twilight zone) | Inner city |
| The outer residential area of a town / city | Suburb |
| The boundary between a built up area and the countryside around it | Rural-urban fringe |
| Growth of the suburbs at the edge of a city | Sub-urbanisation |
| The movement of people away from large cities to smaller settlements | Counter-urbanisation |
| People living in one place and travelling to work in anotehr | Commuting |
| Disused and derelict land which is redeveloped and built on | Brownfield Site |
| An area of land that has not been built on before | Greenfield site |
| An area of poor quality housing in an LEDC city | Shanty Town |
| An area of land around a large urban area where the development of housing is restricted and land is protected | Greenbelt |
| The demolition and re-building of an area | Urban Redevelopment |
| The improvement and modernisation of buildings in an inner city area that has declined | Urban Regeneration |
| Improving the quality / appearance of a property so it attracts people wealthier than those who had previously lived in the area | Gentrification |
| The ordering of settlements according to their size and importance | Settlement Hierarchy |
| The maximum distance people are prepared to travel to obtain a good or service | Range of a good |
| The minimum number of people need to support a service so it can stay open | Threshold population |
| The area served by a particular settlement | Sphere of Influence |
| Usually high cost goods, bought now and again e.g. TV's and furniture | High order goods |
| Usually low cost goods needed often e.g. Milk and Newspapers | Low order goods |
| Group of low order shops (e.g. newsagents, bakers) serving an area within a town (e.g. Kings Hedges, St Ives) | Neighbourhood Shopping Centre |
| The movement of people from rural areas into towns and cities | Rural-urban migration |