Suburbanisation
- Created by: jesspalmer
- Created on: 26-01-17 08:56
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- SUBURBANISATION
- Is taking place in developed countries
- PUSH factors
- Is taking place in developed countries
- Housing in cities can be of poor quality
- Deindustrialisation leads to people losing their jobs
- Fewer local services due to employment because people have less money
- PULL factors
- Businesses and shops move out of the city as it's cheaper to rent on the outskirts.
- More jobs and services available in the outskirts
- Improvements in public transport and increasing car ownership
- Means people can commute to their job in the city.
- Planning laws more relaxed outside the city centre - easier to build houses
- Businesses and shops move out of the city as it's cheaper to rent on the outskirts.
- Impacts
- In the suburbs
- More urban areas creates move ground being concreted over
- Increases surface run off and the risk of flooding
- Congestion and air pollution from cars
- New housing estates built on countryside affects wildlife habitats
- More urban areas creates move ground being concreted over
- On the city centre
- As businesses leave, unemployment increases
- Lower living standards and poverty
- People commuting from the suburbs increases congestion and pollution.
- Abandoned buildings become derelict, lead to CC being run down.
- As businesses leave, unemployment increases
- In the suburbs
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