Suburbanisation

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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
    • 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
      • 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.

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