Urban Growth and Landscape Dynamics

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Course Outline

  1. Urbanisation and urban growth
  2. Urban structure and functions
  3. Urban challenges and solutions
  4. Weathering and karst processes
  5. Coastal landscapes
  6. Fluvial landscapes

1. Urbanisation and urban growth

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Urbanisation: Urbanisation is the increasing number and concentration of urban areas over time.
  • Urban growth: Urban growth is the increase in the size of urban populations driven by population growth and migration.
  • Settlement types: Settlement types are categories of where people live, used to compare urban areas over time and space.
  • Population increase: Population increase is the rise in the number of people living in urban areas from natural growth and migration.

Essential Points

  • Urbanisation can be studied by comparing the number and the location of urban areas over time.
  • Population growth in urban areas comes from natural increase and in-migration.
  • Migration into cities is a direct driver of urban population increase.
  • Different settlement types are used to describe how urban areas develop across regions.

Memory Hook

Think of Urbanisation as a map getting more “urban dots” over time.

2. Urban structure and functions

Key Concepts & Definitions

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1. Which statement best defines urbanisation?

2. What directly drives urban population increase when people move into cities?

3. What is a CBD?

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Urbanisation — definition?

Increase in urban areas over time.

Urban growth — driver?

Population increase and migration.

Settlement types — purpose?

Compare urban areas across regions.

Metropolis — role?

Large city with regional influence.

CBD — function?

Center of economic activities.

Urban renewal — aim?

Improve existing urban areas.

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