P2: UF: LONDON

Question 1

How is growth and migration changing the growth and character of the city

Answer 1

-over 300 languages are spoken
-10% of the population of London is black Caribbean, because of windrush generation in 1948,
-Notting Hill carnival
-rising house prices because more people are migrating to London from other countries

Question 2

Why do people move away from London

Answer 2

-high house prices
-pressure on school:17% more school age children in London by 2036
-air pollution: reached legal limit in 2018 for whole of year

Question 3

Why do people move to London?

Answer 3

-higher paying jobs i.e in Canary Wharf
-exciting life
-good higher education and unis

Question 4

Why is London important?

Answer 4

-has top unis like oxford (regionally)
-40% of city is green space ( Nationally)
-people from all over the world migrate to London to work, i.e in Canary Wharf ( Globally) brands like Morgan Stanley based here

Question 5

Patterns of National and International migration in AC city:

Answer 5

National: young adults move for work particularly from Newcastle
International: 100,000 more people came to UK than left in 2014
20% students overseas

Question 6

What is one initiative to make the city more sustainable?

Answer 6

Santander Bikes, £2 paid for unlimited journeys up to 30 min
successful: reduces rate of obesity (predicted to be 60% by 2050)
could save £87 mil from people having less days off work
less pollution, could reduces GGs by 0.6 mil tonnes

Not successful:
Vans used to take bikes back and so produces nitrous oxide
limited area of city
£200 mil to pay for it from tax money