Disclaimer: Changing places is a topic which very closely relies on case studies. As each school will be covering different case studies (apart from case studies on large urban centres e.g. Liverpool) I will not be including case studies apart from when it is vital to understanding a concept, and if the case study is on a large urban centre e.g. Liverpool. Task: create a list of these definitions and chose an example of each one for close to where you live. Key terms for different kinds of settlements: · Built-up area – areas of built-up land joined together, where the gap between developed land is less than 200m. · City – a large settlement that depends mainly on the service and knowledge industries, along with manufacturing: it is an aggregation of places. UK cities have to be granted city status by the Royal Charter; the UK currently has 69 cities. · ...
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