Changing Urban Environments Flashcards
A thing which encourages people to move
Pull factor
A thing which encourages people to move away
Push factor
An example of a push factor
War, climate, salary
An example of pull factors
Salary, Health services, climate
What does CBD stand for?
Central business district
An example of a CBD in Bristol
Broadmead
An example of an inner city in Bristol
Stokes croft
An example of suburbs in Bristol
Westbury on Trym
An example of urban-rural fringe in Bristol
Abbots Leigh
What would you see in a CBD?
Shops, cinemas, business headquarters, offices, multi-storey, car parks
What would you see in an inner city area?
Independent stores, small cafes and restaurants, terraced housing, brownfield sites
What would you see in the suburbs?
Detached and semi housing, parks, convenience stores
What would you see in the rural-urban fringe?
Woodland/fields, small villages, large detached houses
What is the Burgess model and what is its problems?
A graph showing the typical city layout - made in 1925 (outdated)
How many people are expected to live in urban environments by 2021?
52.2 million
Government housing target by 2016
240,000 new houses
Why is the demand for housing higher than ever?
Divorce, increasing population, elderly people living longer, more independent people
Brownfield site
An area of land which has been used previously
Greenfield site
An area of land that has never been built on
Problems with greenfield sites
Less land for urban people to use (eg walk dog), roads and facilities will need to be placed, destroys natural habitat
Advantages of greenfield sites
More garden space, no restrictions of existing network, no clearing of sites needed, land cheaper on outskirts, plots can be larger