Urbanisation Vocabulary (Cut. Edge - 15h) by Everton Missiagia

Overcrowding

2021-02-22 14:39:38 UTC

containing too many people or things

Residential areas

2021-02-22 14:39:45 UTC

A residential area has only houses and not offices or factories.

Shanty towns

2021-02-22 14:40:01 UTC

an area on the edge of a town where poor people live in very simply built houses

Squalor

2021-02-22 14:40:26 UTC

Of places extremely, dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money.

Availability (of housing)

2021-02-22 14:40:30 UTC

The fact of being available.

Infrastructure

2021-02-22 14:40:40 UTC

The basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies.

Congestion

2021-03-03 18:19:53 UTC

Congested roads and towns have too much traffic and movement is made difficult.

Slums

2021-03-03 18:19:58 UTC

a poor and crowded area of a city

No-go areas

2021-03-03 18:20:12 UTC

An area, especially in a town, where it is very dangerous to go, usually.

High-rise (buildings)

2021-03-03 18:20:16 UTC

A tall modern building with many floors.

Demolition (of old buildings)

2021-03-03 18:20:19 UTC

the activity of destroying things such as buildings

Sky-high (property prices)

eamissiagia — 2021-03-10 18:22:16 UTC

Sky-high prices or charges are very high

Reclaimed land

eamissiagia — 2021-03-10 18:22:20 UTC

that was under the sea or was in a very poor condition, but has been improved so that it can be used for farming or building on

Green-belt land

eamissiagia — 2021-03-10 18:22:26 UTC

a large green area (my opnion)

Urban sprawl

eamissiagia — 2021-03-10 18:22:31 UTC

The spread of a city into the area surrouding it.