St Ives Flashcards
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Location
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Cambridgeshire in east England
2
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What process has lead to change in st Ives
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Counter urbanisation
3
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What are the push factors to counter urbanise
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- poor housing
- pollution
- lack of open space
- social problems
4
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What are the pull factors to counter urbanise
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- better housing
- safer environment
- more green space
- perception of better schools
5
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What has facilitated counter urbanisation
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- improved transport links
- technological change (internet, remote working)
6
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Impacts in St Ives
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- A14 traffic congestion
- average hours price rose from $130,000 to $291,000 from 2000 to 2010 -> commuters can afford these prices whereas locals can’t (priced out)
- to cope with demand of housing, new developments are being built on the flood plain. This floodplain is on the south of the great river Ouse
- demographic changes : was ageing now younger people and families -> putting strain on schools
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Management in St Ives
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- future developments are going to be controlled so that they fit into the area
- plans to expand primary schools which will give 240 more spaces
- along the river they are building floor protection hat will cost $8.8m (includes new embankments and flood walls)
- a $116 busway has been built that links st Ives to Huntingdon and Cambridge hopefully reducing congestion on A14
- in 2010 plans were approved to build 200 new homes. 75 of those houses are going to be affordable housing: (1) social rent: houses that are rented out by the council at low rates. (2) low cost ownership: either buying a house at a discount, or buying a share of te house and rent the rest
8
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Change from original village to suburban village can be measured:
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- housing
- inhabitants
- transport
- services
- social
- environment
9
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How housing has changed
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- THEN: stone-built housing with slate or thatch roof, some farms, barns, most architecture over 100 years old, distinctive architecture
- NOW: new, mainly detached houses on small estates, renovated gentrified cottages, barn conversions, double garages
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Inhabitants
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- THEN: small close-knit community
- NOW: local community may be swamped, village deserted by day - ‘ghost’ or ‘dormatory’ villages. Resentment of new arrivals
11
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Transport
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- THEN: rural bus service, narrow winding road network, limited cars
- NOW: declining bus service as most new families have 2 cars, improved road, but some congestion
12
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services
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- THEN: village shop, small junior school, pub, village hall, blacksmith, butcher, baker
- NOW: closure of basic shops as people have cars and travel to major supermarkets, some new specialised shops, gastro pubs. School may close down/enlarge
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Social
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- THEN: primary jobs, work locally
- NOW: professionals, executives, commuters, often wealthy middle class families or retired; some new rural businesses
14
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Environment
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- THEN: quiet, relatively pollution free, village green, open spaces
-NOW: more noise and pollution, loss of open space/farmland
