Urban Areas
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- Created on: 10-04-16 16:22
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- Urban Areas
- London (Congestion)
- Methods to reduce congestion
- Park and Ride schemes
- People can park outside the city and catch a bus to the centre. This stops congestion coming into the city.
- Cycle lanes
- Encourages people to use bikes instead of cars. Which also cause pollution.
- Low Emission Zones
- People won't want to pay charges when entering the city, so will choose to park outside.
- Permit Holder parking
- People must have a permit to park in these areas. It reduces the amount of people driving into cities as the parking is restricted.
- Traffic calming
- Narrow roads restrict the type of vehicle that can enter part of the city.
- Park and Ride schemes
- Methods to reduce congestion
- Stratford, London
- Regeneration strategies
- Advantages
- Economic
- 7,000 temporary jobs
- Created tourism, so brought in more money for the area
- 12,000 permanent jobs created
- Transport improvements. Extensions to the Dockland Railway and East London Rail lines.
- Social
- 9,000 new homes
- Attracts businesses, due to nicer and newer looking area
- Nearby schools and health facilites
- Publicity brought in more money
- New amenities. 5 new sports venues will remain for the use of the local community.
- 9,000 new homes
- Environmental
- Derelict land was removed and replace with 4,000 trees and 74,000 plants
- Lea Valley's polluted waterways have been cleaned
- New wildlife habitat created
- Economic
- Advantages
- Regeneration strategies
- Bedzed, Sutton (Sustainable area)
- Management ideas
- Use building materials that store heat in warm weather
- Use natural or recycled materials
- Build the homes facing south to maximise passive solar gain
- Use heat from cooking and everyday activities for space heating
- Introducing the ZEDcars car sharing club and local free charging points
- Management ideas
- London (Congestion)
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