Contempory Urban Enviroment

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

The increase % of the population living in towns and cities

Question 2

Mega and Meta Citys

Answer 2

10m+ and 20m+

Question 3

Urban morphology

Answer 3

CBD
inner city
Residential
Green
Retail
B or S parks

Question 4

Suburbanisation and example

Answer 4

urban to rural migration
example Detroit

Question 5

why de industrialisation

Answer 5

Cheaper land abroad
mechanisation
failure to innovate
strong trade unions discourage investment

Question 6

Example of urban resurgence in the UK

Answer 6

Longbridge: Car blokes
27000 jobs
generated £134m for local area
6500 unemployed
£1b injection multiplier effect with new town centre

Question 7

What is urban resurgence

Answer 7

Refers to economic and structural regeneration of an urban area that has seen decline.

Question 8

Example Manhattan NY

Answer 8

The 1.5m long walkway

Question 9

Why has there been a high street decline

Answer 9

Out of town retail park boom

Question 10

Gentrification

Answer 10

Physical improvement of an area from the in migration of wealthy individuals to run down places

Question 11

Benefits to Gentrification

Answer 11

Regeneration
Development
transport links
employment

Question 12

Negatives to Gentrification

Answer 12

rent increase
can cause friction
increased congestion
inequality may occur

Question 13

Fortress landscape and example

Answer 13

designed around security protection and surveillance. example a gated community

Question 14

Edge city and example

Answer 14

Self contained settlements at the edge of city’s usually near main rds as a result of urban sprawl. La has 28

Question 15

PMWC and example

Answer 15

term used to describe the change taken place in western society in the late 20th C.
Bilbao Spain