French Vocabulary

Sociological Evolutions, Urbanization & Demographic Shifts

Vocabulary for migration flows, urban development, gentrification trends, and demographic shifts.

Level B2 Category Vocabulary
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Lesson Summary

Vocabulary for migration flows, urban development, gentrification trends, and demographic shifts.

Vocabulary

Les transformations de la société

The vocabulary of civic life, social systems, and politics was introduced in social systems, civic structures & local community engagement and socio‑political systems, public administration & international relations. This lesson extends the lexicon to urbanisation, demographic change, and sociological trends. The duquel family of prepositional relatives, presented in prepositional relatives: the duquel family, is frequently used to describe the causes and circumstances of urban phenomena.

Migrations et démographie

FrenchEnglish
l'exode rural (m)rural exodus
la périurbanisationsuburbanisation / peri‑urbanisation
la gentrificationgentrification
le solde migratoirenet migration
le solde naturelnatural population change (births minus deaths)
le taux de féconditéfertility rate
la pyramide des âgesage pyramid
le vieillissement de la populationageing population

Urbanisme et logement

FrenchEnglish
le zonagezoning
le plan local d'urbanisme (PLU)local urban plan
la rénovation urbaineurban renewal
le quartier prioritairepriority neighbourhood (disadvantaged area)
la mixité socialesocial diversity
le sans‑abrismehomelessness
le mal‑logementpoor housing conditions
la spéculation immobilièreproperty speculation
l'étalement urbain (m)urban sprawl

Analyser les tendances

The following expressions are common in sociological and urban analysis:
- L'exode rural a vidé les campagnes au profit des villes.
- La gentrification chasse les populations modestes des centres‑villes.
- Le solde migratoire positif compense le faible taux de natalité.
- Les pouvoirs publics peinent à lutter contre la spéculation immobilière.
- Il vaudrait mieux densifier les villes que de poursuivre l'étalement urbain. (The verb valoir and the conditional il vaudrait mieux will be studied in a subsequent lesson.)

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