World Cities Flashcards
What is a millionaire city?
A city with over 1 million people
What is a mega city
A city with over 10 million people
What is a world city
A city that acts as a major centre for finance, politics, research, publishing and other associated activities with a national impact
What is meant by the term urban?
An area with characteristics of a town or city
What is the GDP of New York?
$7 billion
What percentage of new Yorks population have a diploma or higher education?
70%
What are the 5 boroughs of New York?
1) Manhattan
2) The Bronx
3) Queens
4) staten Island
5) Brooklyn
Where are the JP Morgan and Tiffany and co headquarters situated?
New York
What is the population of Mumbai?
14 million
What is the population of Dharavi?
1 million
What percentage of houses in Dharavi have 5/6 people per room?
77%
How many people share 1 communal toilet in Dharavi?
500
How many cases of water borne diseases come from Dharavi everyday?
3,000
What percentage of Dharavi work locally?
85%
How much money does Dharavi slum make every year?
Up to $1billion. Most entrepreneurial slum in the world!
In 1995 the slum sanitation programme provided how many toilets in Dharavi?
330
How much did vision Mumbai cost?
2.4million
How many of the cooperations dropped out of vision Mumbai in 2009?
4/19
How many houses were destroyed in 2007 due to vision Mumbai?
45,000
In 2011 huge violence broke out in Dharavi when developers tryed to evict how many families?
45
What is the population of Cairo?
12.5 million
How many new citizens turn up to Cairo?
1 million every 8 months
What did the German development arm GTZ do in Cairo?
Fitted sewer system and access to clean water, other private investors also provided solar panels and wind turbines
How many people now live in Sadat city?
150,000, which is less than most rural areas
Why was Sadat city unfinished?
Ruler assisted in 1981 who started the development
what are the characteristics of the new capital Cairo are proposing to build?
660 new hospital, 5 million residents costing £30bn
How are Cairo paying for the new capital?
Through foreign investment, giving land for a stake
How are Melbourne coping with urbanisation?
By the inner city revival project including a new city around the yarra river and improving public transport
How has the population of surbiton grown?
141,000 to 160,000 in 2011
What is the main commuter route into London from surbiton?
A3
What percentage of people in surbiton own a car?
70%
What zone of London is surbiton in?
Currently zone 6 although a campaign has been done to get it into zone 5 for cheaper train fares
How much are the house prices in surbiton?
£406,000. They are only £226,000 in the uk on average
How far do los Angels have to pipe their water from?
350km
How is urban smog created?
The cold air at surface traps the pollution above loss Angeles and in still conditions the smog builds up
How much has the population of st Ives grew?
16,400 from 3,800 in 1961
How much have house prices rose by in st Ives over the past 10 years?
Around 160,000
How many properties are build on the river great Ouse floodplain due to land restrictions?
1,000
How many new homes have be proposed in st Ives?
200 with 75 affordable
How many extra places have been created due to a primary school extension in st Ives?
240
How much have the flood protection works cost in st Ives?
£8.8million
How much has the new busway cost in st Ives to link it to Cambridge?
£116million
Define urbanisation
Urbanisation in the growth of population that live in urban areas as oppose to rural areas
What year did the Trafford centre open
1998
How long did the Trafford centre take to build and how much did it cost?
27 months and £880 million
How many people does the Trafford centre employ in the local area
8000
How many stores is there in the Trafford centre?
280
How many eating places are in the Trafford centre and how many does the food court seat?
36 and 1,600
How many car parking spaces are at the Trafford centre?
10,000
What amount of visitors attend the Trafford centre by car?
90%
How many people are within a 45 min drive from the Trafford centre?
5.5million
How many shops are provided at merry hill
180
How many people does the food court seat in merry hill?
2,200
What was the name of the farm which was destroyed during the construction of merry hill?
Merry hill farm
What percentage did the town centre rents decrease by in Dudley during its decline?
24%
How much did non market food sales fall by in Dudley during the decline?
70%
How much did the bullring cost to redevelop in the 1980’s?
£550million
How many stores are provided in the new bullring?
140
How many jobs have been created in construction and retail due to the new bullring?
8,000
What was special about the opening of forever 21 in the bullring?
This was the first store in the UK
What building in the bullring won awards for architecture and why?
Self ridges. It was designed covered in aluminium discs which made the environment more appealing
How many car parking spaces are provided at the bullring?
3,000
How many passengers does new street station have a day?
170,000
How much did the new street station development cost?
£750million
How large is the new John Lewis in the new street station
450,000 sq ft
How may jobs have been created in new street station
Over 1,000 in both construction and retail
How much money do visitors bring in to new street station every year?
£5billion
What percentage of those living within 40 miles of new street station have said their quality of life has improved?
19%
How many new shops have opened in new street station
Over 43 including restraunts
How many new escalators and lifts have been installed in new street station?
36 escalators and 15 lifts
What were the 3 mains reasons why the London docklands declined?
1) suburbanisation
2) de industrialisation
3) the docks close in 1981
How many jobs were lost due to the deindustrialization of the London docklands
12,000, 60% men
How much did the regeneration of London docklands cost?
Initially £70million but this grew to £300 million
How many people commute to Canary Wharf each day?
100,000
How many new affordable houses were built as part of the docklands regeneration?
24,000 altogether. 6,250 which were local authority or housing association
How many trees were planted as part of the London docklands regeneration?
200,000
How much of the population were unskilled or semi skilled around London
36%
What was the main critic after the London docklands regeneration
Developers favoured the richer building luxury apartments meaning more affluent residents moved in causing friction, jobs were also too high skilled for those who worked on the docs
What was done in response to the problems of the London dockland regeneration?
Shadwel basin=40% more affordable housing
£1.5m IT centre to train 16-18 year olds
Skillet = job agency provided by LDDC set up to provide training and skills to those that needed it
When was Notting hill known as a stopping point for highway men?
Mid 18th century
How many hospital cases were caused in Notting hill due to the 1958 influx of Caribbean migrants?
66
How many people does the carnival in Notting hill attract each year?
Over 1 million
What was the name given to Notting hill by estate agents to make the area seem like a villages and more rural
Hillgate village
Who are Tim and Perry Hinck?
One of the first investors into Notting hill who bought 157 Portland street for 11,750 in 1968 and it’s now worth £2million
What was the Portland arms changed into due to gentrification?
A Beauty spa
What is terrilick tower?
Terrilick tower is Britans biggest apartment block in Nottinghill where women were rapped and children were attacked.
It how now been transformed with new security and cameras and has a reputation of a style icon with a grade 2* listing and a trendy address
Why did Manchester decline in 1970/1980
It was affected by the recessions which caused a loss of jobs and employment
Population fell by 13% in the 1990s
Demand for housing fell and prices dropped below £500
What percentage of households in Manchester were seeking benefits when it declined?
52%
Who was involved in the partnership of new east Manchester?
Manchester city council and private/public investors
How much did the Sharp project cost?
£16.5m
What was the first company to invest in the Manchester central part?
Fujitsu with 150,000 sq ft of new offices
How large is the new Asda-Walmart which was built as part of the new east Manchester?
180,000 sq ft
How many new homes were built on Ashton old road in beswick as part of new east Manchester?
500 new homes with 7 different types and steel frames costing £30 million
Who did new Islington work with to provide new quirky houses with were modern and agreed on improvements with residents?
Urban splash
How many new homes were built in beswick and Clayton
3000 new homes with a £80 millions capital investment
How many new ict learning centres were built in beswick as part of new east Manchester?
9
What was done in terms of transport as part of new east Manchester?
Expansion of the metrolink now supplying 2/3 more stops including the central park and sport city
How much has teenage pregnancy decreased by due to new east Manchester?
66%
What were the main criticisms of new east Manchester?
Was profit the main goal?
3,000 jobs but all in low skilled and low paid
Firms went bankrupt such as Manchester Salford housing, £60m scheme along with Lowry homes who lost £9.4m
How many deaths each year are caused in London by air quality?
4,000
How much was the congestion charge when it was introduced in 2003 and how much is it now?
2003=£5
Now=£11.50
How much did traffic fall by in the first day after the congestion charge?
25% with 60,000 fewer cars entering the zone
How much did the congestion charge reduce traffic by?
15%
What percentage did taxi provision rise by after the congestion charge?
13%
How many more people used bikes due to the London congestion charge?
49%
What was the inspiration of the Emirates air line in London?
Medelin’s metrocable and Rio teleferico which help those in poorest slums to reach the city
How much did the Emirates airline cost?
£60million
How high is the Emirates air line above the ground?
90m
What is the population of Cambridge?
613,000
How often do the park and ride services leave Cambridge?
Every 10 mins
How long is the guided busway in Cambridge? I
26km
What do the stagecoach bio uses in Cambridge run off?
Cooking oil and animal fat
How many passengers in Cambridge use the bus daily?
44%
What was the government grant given to local councils for the ‘cycle city ambition’
£4.1million
Used to build cycle network lanes for the main routes into the city
How many more passengers now travel on the buses in Curitiba because they are triple articulated?
4,000
The buses can Cary more than the subway but 200x cheaper
What are the colour coordinated buses in Curitiba and what do they all mean?
Red = express Green = suburbs to express Orange = rural to express Grey = urban dwellers to city centre(most stops)
How may people use the bus system daily in curitba?
2 million, 80% travellers
How much of a reduction in auto trips has Curitiba caused?
27million less trips and 30% less fuel per capita
Define sustainability
Meeting the needs of today without damaging the needs of future generations
What is the target for amount of waste recycled by 2020 set by the EU?
50%
What are the 5 processes of mechanical biological engineering?
1) remove metal iron
2) larger objects taken for energy
3) smaller fractions pumped with water to create slurry
4) grit and stone sent to building/construction
5) anaerobic digestion = bacteria break down and methane gas produced
6) leftover is dried and used as compost
Out of 175,000 tonnes of organic waste how much is used as compost?
125,000
In what year did West Sussex win the local imitative award?
2000
How many less nappies are sent to landfill in West Sussex due to the real nappy initiative?
800 a day!!
What do families who sign up to the real nappy initiative get back?
£30 cash back or a free started pack which can be reused
How many tonnes of rubbish, despite waste management is dumped into landfill sites in Dharavi?
500 tonnes
How many households in Curitiba recycle their waste?
2/3
How many tonnes of waste is recycled in Curitiba every month?
500 tonnes
How many people does the green exchange help in Curitiba?
Around 30,000
