HIC Urban Issues and Challenges

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What does HIC mean?
High income country
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Name the HIC Urban Issues and Challenges case study location?
London
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What is sustainable development?
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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What is our HIC Urban Sustainability case study location?
East Village
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List 3 push factors from rural areas to urban areas in the UK.
1. Lack of services 2. Lack of job opportunities 3. Less eductional opportunities
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List 3 pull factors from rural areas to urban areas in the UK.
1. Jobs 2. Education 3. Services
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What is the regenerated area within our HIC city example that we have studied.
Shoreditch
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Name the HIC urban transport example we studied.
Crossrail
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List 2 benefits of the HIC urban transport example.
Various options e.g. 1. • Reduce journey times e.g. the journey time from Liverpool Street o Heathrow will fall from over an hour to 35 minutes. 2. Increase the number of rail passenger journeys in London by 10%, or an extra 200 million journeys a yr
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Define the term greenfield site.
A plot of land, often in rural or on the edge of an urban area, that has not yet been subject to any building development.
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Define the term brownfield site.
Land that has been used, abandoned and now awaits some new use. Commonly found across urban areas, particularly in the inner city.
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Name 2 advantages of building on brownfield sites.
1. Helps meet housing demand & 2. Regenerates areas
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Name 2 disadvantages of building on brownfield sites.
1. Less attractive environment & 2. Constrained sites
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London

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Name the HIC Urban Issues and Challenges case study location?

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Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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East Village

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1. Lack of services 2. Lack of job opportunities 3. Less eductional opportunities

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