France human factors
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- France - human factors
- Urbanisation
- Urbanisation is associated with industrialisation occurred in France
- began in 1930
- urban population overtook the rural population
- 1950s France started to catch up
- in 1999, 75.5% of the pop. were living in 361 urban areas
- largest urban area - Paris
- home to 9.6 million
- pop. in Paris will increase by 16% by 1990 and 2020
- Urbanisation continued...
- other suburbs and rural districts around them have experienced a rise in the inhabitants
- suburbs- total pop. 9 million
- increase of 800,000 million between 1982 and 1990
- pop. of towns and city centres decreased by over 700,000 people
- future pop. growth will increase by 30-37%
- Provence- Cotes d'Azur and Languedoc - Roussillon
- last 20 years within these areas pop. has grown rapidly
- Rhone-Alps, the centre and Aquitaine associated with modern electric industries
- Coalfields of the north & Alsace Lorraine now in decline due to migration of younger people
- Government influence
- Trying to encourage new industries to locate away from Paris Region to the Peripheral regions like Rennes Bordeaux & Toulouse
- How?
- Made it difficult to get planning permission
- Charged high on tax on profits
- provided incentives for industries to relocate to the perhiperhal regions
- such as improve infrastructure, building industrial estates and decentralising a number of public service jobs
- Targeted towns for growth
- These towns given financial assistance to develop industry in hope people would leave Paris
- plans= successful
- has been considerate growth away from Paris
- although greater Paris region still has highest densities of pop.
- Urbanisation
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