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Term: |
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hubs |
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urban
centres of employment and services |
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gateways |
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ports,
airports and land entry points |
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transport
corridors |
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main
roads, rail and telecommunications arteries |
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rural
resource |
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the
countryside and its services |
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settlement |
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a
place where people live |
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land
entry points |
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road
and rail links across a national border |
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bypass |
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a
road built around a town |
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biodiversity |
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the
number and variety of all living things |
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internal
combustion engine |
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engine
in which motive power is derived from an explosion of a mixture of
gas or vaporised oil or petrol, and air in the cylinder |
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sedan
chair |
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a
17th.- 18th.Century vehicle seating one and carried by 2 chairmen
with poles |
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trolley
bus |
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electric
bus running on road and using trolley (wheel attached to pole used
for collecting current from overhead electric wire to drive vehicle) |
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import |
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goods
bought from one country by another |
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colliery |
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coal
mine |
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lighters |
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canal
barges |
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commute |
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to
travel especially by train or car to and from one's daily work in
a city |
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freight |
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transport
of goods in containers by water, air or land |
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pedestrian
area |
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area
where pedestrians have priority over vehicles |
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cycle
lane |
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road
or path for bicycles |
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bus
lane or corridor |
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strip
of road for use mainly by buses |
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conservationists |
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people
who wish to preserve the natural environment |
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roll
on/roll off |
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a
facility where vehicles can be driven on and off a ferry |
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hinterland |
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area
served by a port or other centre |
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e-commerce |
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buying
and selling via the Internet |
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fossil
fuels |
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fuels
like coal, gas and oil formed in the Earth's geographical past |
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food
miles |
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term
used to describe how far food travels before it gets to your plate |
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periphery |
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external
boundary or surrounding region |
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