Urbanisation
- Created by: Kirstin
- Created on: 15-11-12 19:29
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- Urbanisation
- Brownfield site
- Not destroying rural ares
- Unoccupied land that can be redeveloped
- More housing made by subdividing and building up
- Make use of derelict land and re-using old industrial/ commercial sites
- Reduces reliance upon cars and increases retail of city services
- Greenfield site
- Often healthier and have a better quality of life
- Most people prefer to live in rural ares
- People are moving away from the cities
- Cheaper to build on - don't need to be cleaned up
- Less congestion
- Lots of greenfield sites left
- Competition for rural urban fringe
- Large suburban housing
- Country park/ nature reseve
- Farmland
- Golf course
- Dump/ quarry/ landfill/ sewage works
- Educational facilities
- Places of worship
- Council estates
- Recreational activities
- Supermarket/ hypermarket
- Motorways/ roads/ railways
- Trading estate/ business park
- Redevelopment in Guildford
- CCTV
- Landscaping (hanging baskets/ benches)
- Refurbished Friary (shopping mall)
- Pedestrianisation
- Pop up toilets
- Relaying cobbles
- Street lighting
- Built GLive (replaced Civic Hall)
- Street market (farmers' market)
- Traffic
- Releases air pollution in the form of greenhouse gases
- Noise pollution from large vehicles
- Fumes discolour buildings
- Unsightly/ unattractive
- Light pollution at night
- Health issues from exhaust fumes
- Solutions of traffic
- Park and ride
- Bus lanes
- Cycle lanes
- Oyster cards
- Boris bikes
- Cable car
- Congestion charge
- Traffic calming
- Pedestrianisation
- Trams
- Brownfield site
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