Changing Settlements in the UK

Changing Settlements in the UK

1. Changing Urban Areas

   • London
     • London's population is starting to increase again
       • due to..
         • migration within the UK
         • migration to the UK
         • ncreasing birth rate
     • Success of the Olympics
     • most people work in service industries
     • lots of tourism and entertainment
     • regeneration of docks
       • created jobs
         • not one dock workers could do
   • Liverpool
     • Used to be large active docks
       • not used as much
     • high unemployment
     • low rate of business start ups
     • 5 out of 10 of the poorest communities in England
     • regeneration of the city centre
       • and waterfront

2. Contrasting london

   • Canning Town
     • Newham
     • expensive housing for those on low income
     • in 2001...
       • nearly half working age adults had no ualifications
       • 21% of the population had poor health
     • high % of minority ethnic residents
       • Have little english
   • Richmond upon Thames
     • high average income
       • lots of high skill, high pay jobs
     • lots of open space
     • very expensive housing
       • most people who work there don't live there

3. Expanding London

   • London population is growing
     • city grows
       • more land of surrounding countryside is being lost
   • increasing price and demand
     • or housing
       • for business space
   • Chelmsfod
     • commuter village
       • good travel to London
     • cheaper than living in the city

4. Improving Newham

   • location of Olympic Park
     • aim to
       • regenerate area
         • create and upward spiral of improvment
       • rebrand the area
     • creating new homes
     • jobs
     • draws people
   • Pre 2012
     • rundown, derelict brownfield site
       • used to be industrial sites
   • Problems
     • jobs
       • more people on low skill, low pay jobs
         • than high pay high skill ones
     • Housing
       • house prices have increased
         • but wages haven't
     • Enviroment
       • Pre 2012
         • Was dumping ground
         • polluted land
           • from chemicals and waste
         • ugly

5. Rural Living

   • Used to be mostly farmers
     • now only 1.4% of population
   • changing
     • increase in counter urbanisation
     • growing
       • being suburbanised
     • increase in second homes and holiday lets
     • Closed
       • pubs
       • schools
       • shops
       • not enough people
   • changing villages
     • commuter village
       • e.g. Terling, Essex
     • retirement village
       • e.g. Roseland Parc, Cornwall

6. Cornwall

   • Problems
     • low income
       • due to:
         • remotness
           • a no go for big companies
         • full time jobs declining
           • in fishing
           • in farming
           • in mining
     • youth are leaving
       • because
         • housing is expensive
           • due to the demand of holiday cottages
         • little economic oppurtunity
         • boring
     • access to services is poor
       • long way to hospital
       • not many schools have 6th forms
         • students have long journeys

7. Scottish Highlands

   • Kinloch Rannoch
     • remote upland village
   • problems
     • isolation
     • bad travel
       • expensive & infrequent trains
     • lack of services
       • due to low population
     • jobs mainly in
       • tourism
         • mostly seasonal
       • forestry
       • farming
     • few jobs for the young
     • common in all of Scottish highlands

8. Green Belts

   • open land round cities
     • here development is restrited
   • stop sprawl of cities like London
   • protect surrounding countryside
   • don't work very well
     • reenbelts are often where motor ways are bulit
     • housing is still being bulit

9. National Parks

   • Aims
     • To conserve and enhance
       • the natural and cultural heritage of an area
     • to promote
       • sustainable use of natural reasources
       • understanding and enjoyment of an area
       • sustainable economic and social developments of an area
   • The cairngorms national park
     • skiing and snowboarding are main attractions
       • sometimes too warm or too wet
         • now have chair lift open in summer
         • have cycle track