Lesson 3- Suburbanisation Flashcards
What is happening to HIC cities regarding urbanisation?
HIC’s have seen a slower rate of urbanisation in the last few decades and some cities have even seen a decline in numbers
Suburbanisation
The movement of people from living in the inner parts of a city to living on the outer edges
Beighton and LA
What acctually is suburbanisation
- As suburbs grow, they attract more people from the inner city who are attracted by the greater amount of space
-also attracts people from rural areas - Results in the physical expansion of a city into surrounding countryside areas
- Industries also suburbanise due to cheaper land (decentralisation)
Push factors
- Increasing traffic and pollution in urban centre
- More crime, lower quality schooling
- Deindustrialisation
- Poor quality housing built in industrial revolution
Pull factors
- Greater open spaces and nicer views from homes
- Wider range of employment opportunities
- Lower house prices compared to urban centre
- Less air pollution, better health
- Inner city shopping centres developing in suburbs
What has helped suburbanisation happen?
- Use of telecommunications-fax in the 90’s,email in the 00’s and mobile devices that allow working from home.
- Cars are 85% of transport methods;easy to commute to work
- Better housing,more space,lower crime,less pollution
- Face to face interaction has been replaced by e-conferencing
Are all suburbs the same?
The time when they were built,the planners involved,the surrounding physical environment can all influence the characteristics of a suburb
Impacts of suburbanisation
- Increasing social segregation as the wealthy are in the suburbs and the poor are in the inner city
- Wealth and Race, Detroit USA
- Diversion of funding away from the city centre for new infrastructure and services
- Tax base in inner city decreases-urban decline-less quality services and investment
Timeline of suburbanisation in the UK
- Predominantly residential in nature and often have more rural features like big gardens
- 30’s-ribbon development along roads
- 40’s-Led to creation of green belts, strcitly controlled green areas
- 50/60’s-council housing on suburban fringe
- 70’s- vast move towards home ownership-more public space
CASE STUDY SUBURBANISATION-Beighton, Sheffield (UK)
- Located South East Sheffield
What occured in Beighton?
- Rural beginning in the 1800’s then developed as a village
- Urban sprawl met Beighton in the 50’s
-e.g Hacklemore village began to grow - Shopping centres and leisure venues are evident in the 00’s, good links to the M1 in A57
Eventually expanded into the suburbs.
Why was Beighton chosen for redevelopment?
Many brownfield sites following pit closures
Greenfield sites slowly consumed by housing and urban sprawling of Sheffield
Why did people move to Beighton?
Suburban estates built Southall,Halfway and Mosborough from the 50’s to the 90’s
Detatched and semi-detatched housing, improved access to green spac, improved air quality, better quality of life.
Why are people still moving to Beighton?
New houses being built, 207 houses are to be built in Halfway
