Urban Renew and Decay

• Define the following terms and include an example of each and explain how your example relates the word:
• Aesthetics: The way a place or area looks, whether or not it is pleasing to the eye. If an area is aesthetically pleasing, it tends to have been carefully, and neatly, planned out. An example of a place like this is Canberra.
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• Safety
• The risk or danger of injury in a certain area. This concept covers the sturdiness of the building around the infrastructure etc. or any construction being undergone in an area.
• Slums
• A run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security.
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• Decay
• Urban Decay is a process in which an area of a city/town falls into a state of disrepair.
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• Reconstruction and renewal
• After 'Urban Decay' has taken place, then Rescontruction and Renewal may be necessary. This is the process of rebuilding any structures or infrastructure that may be unfit for their original or required purpose.
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• Transport
• Transport in urban areas can pose several issues. Several  forms of pollution are existant in areas of high transport density such as, environmental and sound (light). The value of an area can also be judged on its access to public transport like trains and buses, but being too close to these utilities can be a negative.
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• Suburbanization
• The modern urban trends are that people migrate from the bigger cities to live a simpler, smaller life. This then results in country areas being "suburbanised". This is the process of less populated areas being 'upgraded' so that they can support large quantities of people.
• Environmental factors
• The environmental factors of an area is the 'environmental footprint' an area has. The amount of pollution and resources an area produces/uses are the environmental factors.
• Light and sound
• Some densly populated areas need large amounts of light, and because they are densly populated, sound is generated. These two factors can greatly affect the value of an area.