Changing Urban Environments
- Created by: Ashleigh Hockenhull
- Created on: 02-06-15 16:39
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- Changing Urban Environments
- Urbanization: a process where an increasing proportion of the population lives in towns & cities resulting in their growth
- natural increase also causes urbanisation
- Rural-to-urban migration: moving home from a rural area to settle in a town or city
- rural-urban migration causes urbanisation
- rural-urban migration is the result of push-pull factors
- rural-urban migration causes urbanisation
- land use: the type of buildings or other features tha are found in th area
- Central building district (CBD): main shopping & service area in a city. usually found in middle of the city so its easily accessible
- inner city: area around the CBD
- outer city/suburbs: area on edge of city
- Traffic in cities
- the numer of cars has increased, increasing the problem of traffic congestion
- environmental problems resulting from traffic congestion
- air pollution, noise from heavy vehicles, impact on health, unsightly
- multicultural mix
- Segregation: occurs where people of particular ethnic group choose to live w others from the same ethnic group, separate from other groups
- reasons
- support from others
- safety in numbers
- reasons
- Segregation: occurs where people of particular ethnic group choose to live w others from the same ethnic group, separate from other groups
- squatter settlements: areas of cities thats built by people from any materials they can find on land that doesnt belong to them
- self help: where local authorities help the squatter settlement residents to improves their homes by offering finance in the form of loans or grants
- problems in poorer parts of the world
- air pollution
- electronic waste
- water pollution
- Urbanization: a process where an increasing proportion of the population lives in towns & cities resulting in their growth
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