Paris-Basin - Growth of Urban Centre

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Leaving Cert Geography (Regional Geography) Mind Map on Paris-Basin - Growth of Urban Centre, created by Tom Cahill on 29/10/2013.
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Mind Map by Tom Cahill, updated more than 1 year ago
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Paris-Basin - Growth of Urban Centre
  1. Dev. of Paris
    1. pop. 11m
      1. Defense site on R. Seine
        1. Flat Land
          1. Excellent transport network
          2. Fertile Soil
            1. Centre of govt.
              1. labour shortage after WW2
              2. In-Migration
                1. Massif Central & EU states
                  1. Economic Boom of 1960's
                    1. 8%are foreign-born
                      1. Most migrants are young adults
                        1. Young age profile
                          1. high birth rates - low death rates
                        2. Problems of Urban Growth
                          1. Traffic Congestion
                            1. Urban Sprawl
                              1. Swallowed up farmland
                              2. Urban Decay
                                1. Anti-Social behavior
                              3. Immigrants
                                1. 2m Muslims
                                  1. high rise apartment blocks
                                    1. Poverty and Discrimination
                                      1. lack of oppurtunity
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