World Cities Case Studies
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- World Cities Cases Studies
- Urbanisation
- Mumbai - Rapid Urbanisation
- Population of Mumbai increased rapidly from 5.9 million in 1971 to 12.5 million in 2011
- Increased population and lack of housing led to slums being built (DHARAVI)
- Impacts
- Increasing population means more waste which is often burnt causing air pollution
- Road network in Mumbai cant cope with the millions of people each day, leads to congestion and pollution
- Managment
- Slum sanitation program started in 1995 and built 330 new toilet blocks
- Public transport is being upgraded to help deal with transport issues
- This is the increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas
- Mumbai - Rapid Urbanisation
- Suburbanisation
- This is the movement of people from city centres to the outskirts
- Los Angeles
- Home too 24 million people
- Has attracted millions of people to California
- Causes
- Transport
- Transcontinental railway stimulated massive population growth
- Electric Tramways meant that people could live further away from their work
- Employment
- Area has good weather so the aircraft industry run test flights there
- Ford car plant opened there creating hundreds of jobs
- Image
- Glamorous image created by the film industry
- Theme parks brought tourism to the area (Disneyland)
- Transport
- Impacts
- Doughnut City
- Bussiness move out of the CBD and too the suburbs, following the workforce
- Land is cheaper out in the Suburbs
- Congestion
- 10 million car owners create congestion on LA's freeways
- Pollution - Urban smog covers the area above the city trapping In the poolution
- Water
- Water is pumped to LA from 350km away
- Up to 50% of water is lost through evapouration before it gets to the city
- Doughnut City
- Counter-Urbanisation
- The movement of people from urban areas to rural areas
- St Ives
- 70 Miles north of London
- In 1961 its pop was just 3800 whereas in 2010 it was 16,400
- Good road and rail access to London and Cambridge - Commutable
- Impacts
- Congestion on main roads in and out of St Ives, especially during rush hour
- House prices rose dramatically in 10 years making it hard for the local pop to afford the houses there
- Changed population structure from ageing pop to younger families - pressures on schools and amenities
- Managment
- 200 new homes were built - 75 of which were aimed at people on lower incomes
- Plans to expand primary schools and add another 240 places
- New public transport network got the go ahead - reduce congestion
- Re-Urbanisation
- The movement of people back into urban areas
- London Docklands
- Background
- In the 19th century used to be a busy dock that was globally important
- 1960's onwards the docks began to decline due to changes in the shipping industry (containerisation)
- 1980's docklands was derelict. 150,000 people had lost their jobs and 20% of housing was not suitable for living in
- LDDC (London Docklands Development Corporation) set up in 1981 to redevelop the area
- Management
- LDDC planned to make the London Docklands the new economic hub of London
- Transport
- DLR (Docklands Light Railway) opened in 1987
- Housing
- Environment
- Docklands were refurbished, providing a pleasant environment for the local residents
- Re-development of Docklands caused Re-urbanisation since 1980 the population has doubled
- Negative impacts
- Area has become gentrified due to young professionals living and working in the area
- Conflict between locals and newcomers
- Area has become gentrified due to young professionals living and working in the area
- Original residents unable to find work in new businesses
- Background
- Urban Regeneration
- Partnership Schemes
- Involve local councils working with businesses to regenerate an area
- Schemes try to improve economy and environment
- Hulme - CCP
- in the early 20th century Hulme provided housing for people working in large industries
- Suffered from overcrowding and many people lived in poor conditions
- Whole area was redeveloped in the 1960s and main focus was on housing
- New tower blocks that were created suffered from high crime rates and the housing was poor quality
- 1992 Hulme CCP was formed by manchester local council and private businesses, a £37 million regeneration package was established
- Tower Blocks were demolished and new housing was built. Mixture of council and private owned
- Main shopping area was refurbished to include a wide range of shops
- Zion community centre was built that included a creche
- Birley Fields Business park was built half kept as urban parkland and other half created into big office blocks home to big companies
- Successful ?
- 1992 Hulme CCP was formed by manchester local council and private businesses, a £37 million regeneration package was established
- Tower Blocks were demolished and new housing was built. Mixture of council and private owned
- Main shopping area was refurbished to include a wide range of shops
- Zion community centre was built that included a creche
- Birley Fields Business park was built half kept as urban parkland and other half created into big office blocks home to big companies
- New housing services made Hulme a much more attractive place to live
- Population grew by 3.3% between 1992 and 2002
- Lots of jobs created at Birley Fields offices and moss side sports centre
- 1992 Hulme CCP was formed by manchester local council and private businesses, a £37 million regeneration package was established
- Partnership Schemes
- Urbanisation
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