Types of Urbanisation (2)
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- Created on: 25-05-16 14:57
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- Types of Urbanisation
- Transport infrastructure
- Greenbelt has lead to an increase in commuting,
- resulting in congestion on the main arterial routes in City Centre
- Belfast Metropolitan area plan 2015
- 20% increase in road traffic on major arterial routes
- Road traffic leads to congestion and longer journey reduces economic competitiveness
- Roads such as Ring Road Skirts on outer edge of Belfast with links to M1 and M2 help this situation
- Bypasses build around Holywood, comber and Hillsborough, other road widen also to add additional lanes
- often these developments have taken over farmland
- planners are more aware of pollution caused by traffic
- attempts have been made to other transport (bus lanes, Cycle lanes)
- Greenbelt has lead to an increase in commuting,
- Greenfield developments
- Sprucefield, Lisburn and Abbeycentre have attracted to criticism from local residents
- due to increased traffic and local retailers loss of income
- Counter-urbanisation and challenges for rural areas will continue
- Planners have to formulate policies to deal with demand for housing
- Labour government allowed 4 million new home built on greenfield sites
- Estimated 51,000 homes will be required
- 9,000 built on greenfield sites
- 9,000 of new homes will be designated areas
- Carryduff, Ballyclare and Moira
- Intention is to create balanced communities by building a mixture of tenures and specialised housing for the disabled
- Sprucefield, Lisburn and Abbeycentre have attracted to criticism from local residents
- Transport infrastructure
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