suburbanisation

Question 1

What is suburbanisation

Answer 1

the process of population movement from the central areas of cities towards the suburbs of the outskirts or the rural-urban fringe

Question 2

Reason for suburbanisation in the 1950-1970 in the UK

Answer 2

slum clearance lead to people moving to the suburbs

Question 3

Reasons for suburbanisation in terms of transport

Answer 3

growth of public transport
increase in car ownership
railways and roads improve allowing people to live away from the CBD e.g. London Underground

Question 4

How did the government encourage suburbanisation

Answer 4

in the 1950-1960 councils built council housing on rura-urban fringe

Question 5

There was shift in job sector away from industrialisation and manufacturing which meant

Answer 5

people didn’t have to live in urban areas near to employment

Question 6

In the 1970 there was an increase of private house ownerhshp and demand for that what did that mean

Answer 6

That estates where built on rural-urban fringe to meet demands

Question 7

Push factors for suburbanisation

Answer 7

deindustrialisation
congestion
pollution from industry
perception of poor quality of life in the city

Question 8

What was a push factor for suburbanisation in the UK in the 1940s

Answer 8

houses in the inner city had no bathrooms or heating

Question 9

Pull factors for suburbanisation

Answer 9

More open space
lower land prices 
increasing opportunity for employment
better quality of life
technological advances allow people to work from home
planning laws are more relaxed

Question 10

Effect of suburbanisation on the city centre

Answer 10

people commute= congestion
derelict and abandoned buildings in city center
businesses move away=unemployment
white flight leaving poor resulting in economic and ethnic segregation

Question 11

Impacts of suburbanisation on the suburbs

Answer 11

Increase in house prices
housing estates built on countryside affecting wildlife
urban sprawl increases increases surface run off increase flood risk
increase of car ownership in suburbs = congestion

Question 12

How has the UK tried to limit the impact of suburbanisation on the suburbs

Answer 12

introduction of green belts to limit sprawl and encourage growth in the urban core 1

Question 13

How does land use change in the suburbs

Answer 13

increase in leisure facilities
change in house style to new detached, semi-detached and bungalow
more shops and offices
increase in public transport