Contemporary Urban Enivrioments Flashcards

Question

dharavi socially

Answer 1

-disease is common such as contaminated water -safe neighbourhood -sense of community -no protection for workers -sleep where they work -most people only want sanitation and water -roughly 1500 people share 1 toilet

Answer 2

-60% of mumbais population in slums -one million in one square mile -one toilet per 1500 people -one million rubbish bags collected each day -35000 rag pickers

Answer 3

-2 billion dollar plan as a solution for the future -central location makes it value -want to knock down dharavi and built apartments (vision mumbai 2020) - only a small proportion would be rehoused leaving thousands to be displaced -better to improve the bad than destroy the good

Answer 4

-stone built houses with slate or thatch roof, some farmhouses and most 100 year old with distinctive architecture -small close knit community -rural bus service with narrow winding road networks -village shops, small schools, pub, village hall -primary jobs such as farming and labouring -quiet environment and relatively pollution free

Answer 5

-new mainly detached housing on small estates with gentrified cottages and barn conversions -declining bus services as most new families have cars -closure of basic shops as people have cars and travel to major supermarkets -professionals, executives, often wealthy middle class families or relatives -more noise pollution

Answer 6

-saintt ives is in cambridgeshire is an example of counter urbanisation -in 1961, the population was just 3800, however in 2010 the population has reached 16,400 - a quarter of the population commute to london each day

Answer 7

-along the A14 traffic congestion is causing a big problem during rush hour -the average house price in saint ives role from £130,000 to £291,000 between 2000 and 2010 -commuters can afford these high prices but locals cant -to cope with demand of housing, new developments are being built on the floodplain. this floodplain is on the south of the river great ouse -the population structure of the area has changed, the population was ageing however now there younger people and families

Answer 8

-future developments are going to be controlled so that they fit into the area -there are plans to expand primary schools which will give 240 more places -along the river they are building flood protection works that cost £8.8 million this included new embankments and flood walls -a £16 million busway has been built that links saint ives to hunington and cambridge. this will hopefully reduce congestion as they will not need to travel on the A14 -in 2010, plans were approved to build 200 new homes , 75 of these houses are going to be affordable housing

Answer 9

-as more people leave the urban areas and relocate in rural settlements both the physical and human social characteristics of those settlements change -in many cases the villages develop into suburbanised villages

Answer 10

stage 1: -individual new houses are attached to the village edge -non residential buildings such as beans are converted into homes. -vacant land in the village including gardens may be used for infilling growth in minimal stage 2: -linear development (ribbon development) takes place along the main roads. stage 1 and 2 are common in villages all over the country stage 3: -land between roads entering the village is infilled with larger housing developments. -these small estates make a significant change to a villages character in both its appearance and the characteristics of its residents -many of these newer homes are occupied by people from nearby towns and cities hoping to find a balance between urban and rural lifestyles -as they work outside of the village and shop elsewhere they may contribute little to village life sometimes causing conflict between long term and newer village residents