contemporary issues in urban settlements

contemporary issues in urban settlements

1. central business district

   • modern shopping centres
   • located in the heart of a city
   • the most assessable location in the city

2. urbanisation

   • advantages
     • modern, attracitve
     • accessible transport
     • plenty of shops
     • close to hospitals
     • large amounts of green spaces
     • great work links
   • disadvantages
     • unattractive ?
     • not enough green spaces ?
     • houses are expensive
     • pollution
     • traffic conjestion
     • over crowding
     • segragation

3. sustainability

   • keep something going for a long time
   • recycling
   • green spaces

4. outer suburbs

   • suburban industrial estates
   • detached housing
   • commuter villages
   • community sprit is lost

5. inner city

   • high crime rate
   • terrace housing
   • rows upon rows of homes

6. inner suburbs

   • more space
   • semi detchad
   • local shops
   • front and back gardens

7. traffic issues

   • heavy congestion in rush hour traffic
   • accidents
   • raising bollards damaging cars
   • guided busways

8. soloutions

   • to crime
     • cctv
     • more police on streets
     • harsher punnishments
   • to traffic
     • more public trasport
     • underground metro's
     • borris bikes
     • cycling and bus lanes
   • pollution
     • catalytic converters
     • green spaces
     • use renewable resources
     • promote electric cars
       • add charging points

9. issues

   • crime
     • murder
     • theft
   • traffic
     • conjestion
     • long periods of time for repairs
   • pollution
     • sound
     • light
     • air

10. slums

    • desease
    • rats
    • over polulation
    • plenty of jobs
    • extremely high community sprit