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Mind Map by vina_56, updated more than 1 year ago
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almost 11 years ago
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Copied by vina_56
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Changing Urban Environments
- Urban area = an area with a high density of people over a limited area
- Urbanisation = rise in percentage of people
living in urban areas, in rural areas. (When more
than 50% off its population live in towns and
cities = urbanised)
- PUSH FACTORS
- low pay
- drought & flooding
- long hours
- lack of services
- few opportunities
- rural poverty
- low pay
- Urban growth - rate of growth of
an urban population
- PULL FACTORS
- better quality of life
- better opportunities
- better housing
- better paid jobs
- better services e.g. health
- better quality of life
- Urban sprawl - spreading of towns and
cities outwards into countryside
- Counter-urbanisation - moving from urban to rural
- Urbanisation = rise in percentage of people
living in urban areas, in rural areas. (When more
than 50% off its population live in towns and
cities = urbanised)
- Urban land use zones
- Inner city e.g. Highfields
- rows of 19th century terraced houses
- Victorian factories
- light manufacturing
- streets make grid pattern
- lower land value than CBD but still high - close to city centre
- rows of 19th century terraced houses
- Central Business District (CBD) e.g. Gallowtree Gate
- mainly shops & offices
- retail, commercial & financial buildings
- tall buildings
- easily accessible
- high land value - limited space to meet high demand
- mainly shops & offices
- Suburbs e.g. North Evington
- semi-detached & detached
- mainly privately owned
- most built between wars
- garages & garden
- medium land value
- semi-detached & detached
- Urban-rural fringe e.g. Marydene Drive
- mixture of land uses
- residential & recreational
- private housing & council estates
- crescent shaped roads & cul-de-sacs
- residential & recreational
- low land values
- mixture of land uses
- Inner city e.g. Highfields
- Problems & Solutions
- Housing shortages
- Overcrowding
- Overcrowding
- Traffic & Congestion
- car and vehicle ownership = grown hugely/increasing
- average distance travelled = increasing every year
- more roads/motorways built every year = more space for vehicles
- Accidents
- Pollution
- Health & Building hazard
- Reduce no. of cars & encourage public transport
- Health & Building hazard
- Noise
- Lateness
- Better public transport
- Congestion charges
- Better traffic management
- Better cycling facilties
- car and vehicle ownership = grown hugely/increasing
- Housing shortages
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