Definition | Key Term |
GDP stands for... | |
Demands for food exceed the supply. | |
A small-scale project where local people are fully involved in the process of decision-making. | |
Residential areas or districts situated outside formal city limits. | |
Including incentives to encourage people to have more children. | |
A city with over 1,000,000 people. | |
Big schemes and decisions that are made by the national government and/or private companies. | |
A major centre of global communications, such as an international airport. | |
HDI stands for... | |
Remote countryside involved in producing raw materials. | |
Food supply meets or exceeds demands. | |
MNC stands for... | |
An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas. | |
Countries without enough energy for its demands are... | |
A measure of human demands on the Earth's ecosystem; it compares human demand with planet Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate. | |
The point at which oil production reaches its maximum level and then rapidly declines. | |
The area surrounding a city from which a large number of people travel to work each day. | |
Someone who agrees with something in principle as long as it doesn't affect them; acronym for a quote. | |
Cash-in-hand work; no taxes and unregulated. | |
A region based on an urban area; has the majority of services, business and people. | |
CBD stands for... | |
| Definition | Key Term |
Numerous negative factors in one area. | |
Acronym; examples include Mexico, China and India. | |
The way companies, idea and lifestyles are spreading more and more easily around the world. | |
Encouraging people to have fewer children. | |
A piece of land that has previously been built on. | |
The number of people entering a country. | |
Right to vote, free pass and freedom of speech, leading to greater control over who governs you. | |
If a population consists of more young people than elderly people it is... | |
An area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted. | |
Where more people are choosing to live on the edge of urban areas. | |
NGO stands for... | |
A place in which you live, such as a town or city. | |
An area of slum housing in Brazil. | |
An increase in the number of people working in primary, secondary and tertiary employment sectors, leading to rising incomes. | |
Goods that are sent out of a country. | |
Goods that are sent into a country. | |
To meet the needs of the present without compromising the future generations' ability to meet their own needs. | |
The landscape interface between town and country. | |
Term used for a variety of suburban communities that are generally located very close to a large city. | |
TNC stands for... | |
Countries with enough or a surplus of energy for its demands are... | |
| Definition | Key Term |
A city with over 10,000,000 people. | |
Improvements made to old houses and industrial buildings. | |
The number of people leaving a country. | |
The point of decision; where a decision must be made to deal with population troubles. | |
Rising life expectancy, better healthcare and access to education; improved equality for women and minorities, leading to improved quality of life. | |
Quirky term given to a situation where emigrants exceed immigrants; an area becomes void of skilled workers. | |
A busy town or city would be considered an _____ area. | |
A traditional small community, still reliant on farming and primary industry. | |
If an area cannot afford its population, it is... | |
Improving an area that has been experiencing a period of decline. | |
Access to reliable and affordable sources of energy. | |
A peaceful village, generally in the countryside, with a low population and low crime rate. | |
A place in a former rural area that is now full of commuters. | |
If a population consists of more elderly people than younger people it is... | |
The area near the centre of a city, especially when associated with social and economic problems. | |
A place exclusively for elderly residents which includes everything its residents could need within a safe and secure environment. | |
OECD stands for... | |
A piece of land that hasn't been built on but is being considered for development. | |
The bigger the population, the faster it has grown. | |
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