UK Human - London Case Study Flashcards
What is the significance of Site of London?
- Located on the River Thames
- Mostly flat land
- London was a ‘bridging point’ in Roman times
What is the significance of Situation of London?
- The M25 runs around London with a number of other motorways - quick access to other cities
- 5 airports, global hub
- Ferries and Eurotunnel allow for trade
What is the significance of Connectivity of London?
- The capital generates 22% of the UK GDP
- Fastest rail service link in London
- Major A-roads and motorways lead to London
- Close to Europe, trade by sea or air
- worlds largest airport and international hub
What is the Central Business District?
- Oldest part, most offices located here
- radial roads - very accessible
- high land values, high density, buildings built high
- expanded (oxford street, canary wharf)
- benefits from large parks
What is the Inner City?
- In the industrial Revolution factories and densely paced terraced housing were built close to central London
What is the Inner Suburbs?
- few high-income suburbs, very varies (Kensington is one of the worlds most expensive)
- Large houses are being divided into flats
-Environmental quality varies
What is the Urban-Rural Fringe?
- City meets countryside
- Almost every house has a garden - building density lower
- Most houses built in the late 20th century
- Environmental quality is much higher
Why are most migrants aged between 18-35?
- Migrants graduate and move to London seeing work and its lifestyle
- International migration consists of skilled and unskilled workers
Why is Migration of Skilled Workers affecting London?
- Take up well paid jobs
- Gets jobs where others aren’t skilled enough
- Most skilled migrants tend to be white, highly-qualified professionals from the EU, USE, South Africa and Australia
Why is Migration of Unskilled Workers affecting London?
- Do unwanted jobs with unsociable hours
- Construction, hotel and restaurant work
- Come from EU, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and increasingly West Africa
How are Migrant Communities affecting London?
- Cheap rented accommodation
- aren’t eligible for social housing
- clusters of particular ethnic communities, supports ethnic shops and services, preserve cultural distinctiveness
- Cultural festivals
What is the impact of migration on housing and services?
- increased population -> demand for housing/services in inner city -> overcrowding
- many immigrants live in older terraced housing and council flats
- large scale building on brownfield sites (inner city and suburbs) working in the quaternary industries - more affordable properties
- new schools
How is migration affecting Cultures in London?
- more culturally diverse
- distinct ethnic characters
- languages, food, music, festivals
What is the Index of Multiple Deprivation ( IMD)?
measures deprivation (uses quantitative data)
-income
- employment
- health and disability
- education, skills and training
- housing and services
- crime levels
- living environment
Incomes in London are more unequal than anywhere else
What is Deindustrialisation?
factories shutting down/becoming mechanised, so fewer low-skilled jobs
