Urban Enviroments Flashcards
What is causing urbanisation?
High rates of natural increase in population
New economic developments are concentrated in big cities
Push and pull factors are leading to high rates of rural to urban migration
What are megacities?
Cities or urban areas with population over 10 million
Why are megacities growing?
Economies of scale- beside each other = financial savings in terms of transport. Easier communications between people and businesses
Economic development- most expansions take place near the centre where they can get the goods and services they need to succeed
Natural population + immigrants- young people move = start new families
Multiplier effect = new businesses = jobs. Jobs = money money = goods and services are bought. Need for goods and services = more jobs
Socio ecnomic and ethnic segregation in Manchester
- poor quality house grouped together near the town centre
- furthest the house is from Rusholme the better quality it is.
- Rusholme the inner city with a lot of pollution
- fallow field suburban ring with cleaner roads and semi- detached houses and no businesses
- withing ton and dibs bury (urban fringe) clean, victorian houses only the wealthy can afford.
- owner ship of houses in rusholme = 26% in dibsbury = 59% proves wealthiest live towards the urban fringe
- towards they city theres high rates if unemployment and not owning a car = 45%
- toward the suburbs more white people live compared to other ethnic minorities = 80% 20% non- white
Problems that occurred with segregation
Unemployment of black British or afro- Caribbean was raised
Started turning to drug trade and high numbers of gun crimes started to occur and gangs formed
By 2000 there were at least 270 confirmed shooting
Large cultural groups could bring diver-sty e.g the curry mile and china town
Shanty town case study: kibera, Nairobi Kenya
Population 1 million
Edge of city near the river because water is needed for cooking and drinking.
Close to main roads so people can get to the CBD and find work
Wet season= rivers flood
No power lines, no made up roads
No rubbish collection = no sanitation a lot of pollution.
Management
UNHabitat and KENSUP are providing temporary blocks for people to live in until their homes are redeveloped
They have all the basic necessities they need
Some provide work shops for people to start businesses and learning facilities for kids
Trash is Cash- created jobs to 55 youths and cleaned the area. They basically collect rubbish and sort it out then remake it into new materials that could be used again.
Health- opening of Tabitha health care clinic
It has 8 examinations rooms, a better lab, place for children to play, a conference room and a pharmacy
KWAHO: started a project to provide safe clean water- decrease illness
Southampton
Pull factors
Land is cheaper
Plenty of room for expansions
Southampton
Hedge retailing park -one of the largest out of town retail parks in south England
Adanac business park: modern business facilities and landscaped grounds
Nusrling industrial park - for storage services and distribution
Science park beside southampton university
Attractive landscape close to M3
Provides high quality office and laboratory space
What is urbanisation?
The process in which more and more people move from rural areas to towns and cities
Manchester hulme
After the cotton industry declined during world war 1 and 2 the inner city was destroyed by bombings and deindustrialisation took over
Later the government and public authorities tried to regenerate the area of the slums and built tower blocks that took the shape of crescents.
Faced to many problems were destroyed and 2 storey houses with gardens were there instead
Manchester football club
Youth centre
2000 new homes up for sales and rent
Princess road regenerated
A business park opened
The arch bridge was regenerated
