THE GROWTH OF CITIES

Urban : belonging or relating to a town or city

Rural : relating to the countryside and not to towns

urban areas urban development urban growth urbanization(U.S.) urbanisation(UK)

a rural area rural growth

 Suburb: an area on the edge of a city where people who work in the city often live

the suburbs [plural] : the outer area of a town *suburban area

Settlement:
a town or village which people built to live in after arriving from somewhere else

Housing:
Buildings for people to live in *housing project *housing development

Squatter settlement:
Squatter:someone who lives in a building without the owner's permission

Unplanned/rapid urbanization Unplanned urbanization damages stanbuls silhouette irreversibly.

Community:
The people living in a particular area *a small community *Chinese community *a rural community *business community

Some sectors of a modern city:

Market place

 Downtown:in or to the central part or main business area of a city *downtown Chicago

Uptown:in or to the northern part of a city

Suburbs:

Financial/commercial district:

Industrial district:

Historic district or historical district of A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons.

Shopping district

*WRITING CORNER*
Why do most people prefer moving to cities? What are their reasons for relocation? Think about stanbul.Does its design follow any of the model presented in the article? If you were a city planner how would you design stanbul?Why?