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Flashcards by Adam Boldi, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Adam Boldi
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is urbanization? | an increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities |
| Define Counter-Urbanisation | the decrease in percentage of the population living in towns or cities |
| What causes urbanisation? (2 points) | Rural to urban migration, natural increase |
| What are the push factors to leaving a rural area? | Few services lack of job opportunities unhappy life poor transport natural disasters wars food shortage |
| What are pull factors for moving to an urban area? | access to services better job opportunities more entertainment facilities better transport links improved living conditions hope for a better way of life family links |
| Describe the Burgess model of urbanization |
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Burgess Model (image/gif)
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| Describe issues and solutions to these issues for people living in urban areas in MEDCs? | Housing Shortages - solved by regenerating old inner city areas to incorporate high flats, or offering incentives to re-locate people Congestion - use congestion charges like London, improve public transport, or pedestrianization. CBD's are failing as shoppers prefer to shop online - make the CBD have more attractions, or make the CBD more accessible. |
| Name 3 inner city improvement stratigies | UDC's City Challenge Sustainable Communities |
| London Docklands Development Committee Case Study | Past - As the docks declined and the area fell into disuse and degeneration People who were trained in the manual labor at the docks fell into long term unemployment, as a result – crime in the area rose drastically. Intervention - An Urban Development Corporation was set up in 1980 with the goal of turning the docklands into a competitive financial centre. Sold land for development Built new roads and improved existing roads Constructed the Docklands Light Railway Reclaimed derelict land Built nearly 25,000 new homes Helped 2,700 businesses to start trading Put funding towards new primary/secondary schools and post-16 colleges Help create 85,000 new jobs Contributed to funding 5 new health centers |
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