Case Study: Counter-urbanisation: St Ives
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- Case Study: Counter-urbanisation:St Ives
- Characteristics
- St Ives is in Cambridshire 70 miles N of London
- 1961 pop= 3,800
- 2010 pop= 16,400
- Good road and rail links to London
- 1 in 4 people commute to London everyday from St Ives
- 1961 pop= 3,800
- St Ives is in Cambridshire 70 miles N of London
- Impacts
- A14 traffic congestion has radically risen
- Average house price has risen from 130,000 in 2000 to 291,000 in 2010
- 1000 houses built on flood plain and are at risk of damage by a 1 in 100 year flood
- previously an aging area now the influx of families and under 16s has put massive pressure on schools
- Locals cant afford rent and so have been moved to a new area due to gentrification
- Management
- 200 new homes set to be built with 75 of those being affordable housing
- Expanding of schools in St Ives to accommodate an extra 240+ pupils
- £8.8 million spent on flood protection after 2003 flood along the river Owse Floodwalls?embankments
- A £116 million guided busway from St Ives to Huntington and Cambridge to reduce congestion along A14 and the use of Huntington station as people take the train to London
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