Cycle of Urbanisation
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- Created on: 09-05-14 09:22
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- Cycle of Urbanisation
- suburbanisation
- surbiton
- in the borough of kingston upon thames
- transport links to the centre of london-waterloo in 18 minutes
- variety of affordable,good quality semi-detached housing and flats
- high numbers of shops,servies, schools and green space- suitable for families
- lots of congestion-70% of people own cars
- plan to widen roads and create new access
- surbiton
- reurbanisation
- london docklands
- high amounts of economic activity in the 19th and early 20th century
- Docks began to decline from the 1960s onwards
- by 1980s large areas of the docklands were derelict with 150,000 people losing ttheir jobs
- in the 80s,20% of housing was not suitable for living
- The london docklands development corporation was set up in 1981
- by 1998 2700 businesses were trading in 1981
- 24,000 new homes built
- light railway opened in 1987 cutting journey times to london by 20 minutes
- population doubles by the 1980s
- 200,000 trees planted
- £100m spent on health, education and job training
- london docklands
- counter-urbanisation
- st ives
- town 70 miles northh of london
- population of 3800 in 1961 to 16,400 by 2010
- has good rail and road links to london
- a quater of the working population commute to london daily
- betwenn 2000 to 2010 house prices increased from 130,000 to 291,000
- plan to build 200 new homes aimed at low income earners
- st ives
- gentrification
- islington
- with railway expasion the original owners moved to the suburbs
- improved housing in the area and lead to new business openings
- originally occupied by wealthy residents in the 19th century
- housing couldnt be maintained and the area became run-down
- in the 1960s middle class people began to buy properties in islington because of job opportunities and chance tyo revovate the properties to their personal taste
- house prices increased. £430,000 by 2008
- high crime and unemployment rates
- islington
- suburbanisation
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