Changing Urban Environments

Changing Urban Evironments

Human geography, includes the case studies: London Docklands (regeneration to improve the INNER CITY) Thames Gateway Project (housing) London (traffic) Newham (multicultural mix) Birmingham (problems and solutions in the CBD) Kirbera (squatter settlements) Curitiba (sustainable city)

Introduction

urbanisation: the rise in proportion of people living in towns and cities compared to rural areasurban areas have natural increase, where the birth rate is high and the death rate is low.

Causes of Urbanisation

push:                                                       poor  health care poor education no jobs too quiet no transport links war and conflict 

pull: better healthcare and education entertainment job opportunities transport links better quality of life

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Caption: : The burgess land use model *not included: the rural urban fringe

The CBD: Concentration of shops and offices, high price of land, good transport links, buildings are tall with multi purposes, often the zone with the oldest buildings.The Inner City: Corner shops, 19th century terraced housing, 19th century industries and transportThe Inner Suburbs: Inter - war housing, terraced housingThe Outer Suburbs: post - war housing and council estates, semi-detached housing, cheaper land valuesthe rural urban fringe: Detached housing, air ports, leisure centre

Land use