Urban Environments - Key words and phrases (use when searching databases)

land use, hierarchy of settlement, spontaneous/planned growth, urban economic activities - retail, commercial, industrial, land values, patterns of residential areas, poverty, deprivation, housing disparities, urbanization, centripetal population movements, gentrification, suburbanization, counter-urbanization, transportation, sanitation, water, waste disposal, telecommunications, urban microclimate - air / water pollution, depletion of green space, urban gardens, urban social deprivation, urban ecological footprint, smart city design