Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Urbanisation(junior cert GEO)
- unplanned growth of cities.
- Dublin's development
- Vikings
- Anglo-Normans
- 16th - 18th century
- 19th century
- Capital
- Functional zones
- CBD
- main businesses, very expensive
- Industrial areas
- manufacturing centres, heavy industries
- industrial estates - outskirts
- Residential areas
- Paris
- primate city
- CBD-core area of business and shopping
- banks, stock exchange, government offices
- Shopping activity
- Champs Elysées
- small shopping areas in suburbs
- Residential areas
- apartment blocks, satellite towns
- Industrial areas
- fashion, printing & publishing, modern industries, car assembly
- Open spaces
- parks, along banks of the Seine
- Land values
- city centre = expensive, multi-storey
- suburbs = costs less, large business companies
- Residential Accommodation
- council apartments
- terraced housing
- expensive town houses
- semi-detached homes
- luxury homes
- Quality
- home size- were small now large
- modern materials- insulation
- Commuting to work
- rush hour traffic
- congestion charges
- public transport-nearby,cheap,reliable,fast
- Dublin-bus,DART,luas
- restricting car use- expensive parking,clamping,pedestrian only streets
- Urban problems
- zones of decline and of sprawl
- zone of decline=inner city
- unemployment, population decline,authority housing,derelict sites
- urban sprawl=uncontrolled spread of the city into the countryside
- invades countryside,concrete jungle,long commuter journeys
- Unemployment
- work near ring roads(suburbs)
- CBD=skilled jobs
- children drop out of school, not computer literate, basic skills
- Urban Improvements
- renewal= knocking down and rebuilding houses/flats for residential purposes
- redevelopment= knocking down houses/flats and building hotels,etc(function changes)
- Urban renewal: Fatima Mansions
- lone parents,poverty,educationally disadvantaged-drop out,unemployment,ill health,drugs
- renewal:new housing,safe community,raising education levels,improving health,training for jobs...
- arts&culture,sport & recreation,facilities,environment awareness
- Planning of new towns
- Tallaght=improved the area
- The Square,hospital,LUAS,Tallaght IT,sporting facilities
- Adamstown
- new town; near railway,high density, good services, District centre;shops,offices,facilities,
sports and parks
- Urbanisation in the Developing Worls
- social & economic inequalities , Unplanned development
- Kolkata
- social and economic inequalities:CBD=luxurious,wealthy
- poor districts:narrow streets, cramped homes
- taxi drivers,tradesmen,factory workers
- they live in Squatter Settlements
- Unplanned development: inward migration
- Squatter settlements or Shantytowns
- near railways,steep banks,under flyovers,waste land,outskirts
- health risks:no sanitation or running water
- heavy labour:construction,collect recycling,heavy loads