UK CITIES Flashcards

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WHERE ARE MOST CITIES IN UK FOUND

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Lowland and uneven

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WHAT EFFECTS POPULATION DENSITY

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Upland areas in North of Scotland
- sparsely-populated few responses and hard to farm
Costal areas
-attracted human settlements
-hatbers and river estuary eg.LIVERPOOL
Mineral Wealth
-Rapid growth in areas of coal and iron
-industries develop
Lowland areas
eg.birmimhham easier to build on
London
-Uk biggest city 8.6 million people
-10% of total population
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WHAT ZONES ARE THERE

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Suburbs- Residential
Rural urban fringe- Edge of the city
Inner city- MEX residential terraced
Central business District- middle of a town or city bus stations restaurants

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WHAT CASE STUDY

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New Islington - REGENERATED

Liverpool - CHANGES

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WHATS URBAN SPRAWL GIVE EXAMPLE

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Unplanned growth or urban areas into surrounding countryside
Liverpool-Merseyside Conurbation
EFFECTS
Large housing estates eg.Croxeth Park
Built on Greenfield land
Pleasant environment but lost of ecosystem damage
Out of town development eg.New Mersey Shopping Park
Take advantage of cheaper land outside city and easily accessible to lots of people- traffic congestion

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WHATS COMMUTER SETTLEMENTS

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Eg.Aughton
Leaves to work elsewhere
-New housing development - effect character of rural area damage
-Demand - increase house prices
-Businesses - in commuter settlements may suffer majority don’t stay in the town
-increase pollution and traffic congestion

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