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London Case Study
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- 1Urbanisation pushes and pullsPushes (about London)
- Urban pollution given off by cars
- Over - crowding from migration
- Traffic and congestion from commuters
- Cost of living in the city
Pulls (about London)
- Job prospects
- Effective transport
- Social mobility
- Cultural hub
Business centre - 2SuburbanisationSurbiton
- Population increased from 141,000 to 160,000 in 2011
- London travel zone 6 - fares into central london are expensive
- 40% of working population in Surbiton drive to work - 3Role in economy- 5th largest metropolitan economy in the world
- Generates 20% of the UKs GDP - 4DeindustrialisationBetween 1950 and 1980 2 million manufacturing jobs were lost in inner city areas
- 5DecentralisationMany commuters from suburbs e.g. Richmond
- 6Urban resurgence- London Docklands regeneration
- 7Urban Form- Edge city - canary wharf
- Cultural centre - south bank
- Gentrification - Portland Road/ Brixton
- Fortress Development - US Embassy in the London, camden bench, homeless spikes
- Mixed use development - Westfields Stratford - 8Economic Inequality- Highest proportion of households in the top and bottom tenth of incomes nationally
- 9Social segregation- Ghettoisation
- Golders green - Jewish people
- Southall - over 55% indian - 10Cultural diversity- Over 300 languages spoken in London, more than any other city in the world
- 11Management of issues- Community cohesion taught in schools
- TFL bus hopper fare - less isolation
- Notting Hill Carnival - celebrates Caribbean culture
- Legislation on antiracism and employment rights - 12Social and economic issues associated with urbanisation- Central and NE London - most deprived
- Ghettoisation - New Malden - largest diaspora of koreans outside of Korea
- Gentrification - Portland Road
- Hipsterfication - Cereal Killer Cafe, Brixton - 13Urban Microclimates- 6 degrees warmer in the city compared to suburbs
- Different shaped skyscrapers e.g. Gherkin slow wind to travel around the exteriors - 14SUDs- People and companies introducing rainwater harvesting as well as rain gardens and green roofs
- Separate - rainwater goes into a pipe taking road pollution with it and is taken to a nearby waterway
- Combined system - rainwater is taken to a sewage treatment plant - can cause sewage to overflow into rivers - 15River restoration and conservationRestoration - River Wandle
Conservation - Crane park island nature reserve - 16Air Quality- Air quality monitoring
- Reducing emissions from transport - 17Ecological footprint300 x the size of London's area
- 18Dimensions of sustainability- Boris Bikes
- TFL + hopper fare
- Green open spaces - royal parks
- London Wetland Reserve - 19Liveability- Stability - democracy , banks
- Healthcare - NHS, 330 patients to doctor
- Education - free schooling
- Infrastructure - TFL, cycle highways - 20Environmental sustainability- LSDC - London sustainable development committee
- Create energy from local sources and use wind energy to reduce pollution
- Keep resources for as long as possible in the form of circular economy
- Invest in a green tech sector
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