site: actual land upon which the settlement is built, e.g. dry point, gap town; situation: position...

Site: actual land upon which the settlement is built, e.g. dry point, gap town;

Situation: position of settlement in relation to the surrounding area;

Function: what the settlement does.

Services: Housing; 178 Education; primary school, c100 Village hall All Saints Church Pub, Four Horse Shoes

A large number at the base very few at the top

Sphere of influence Catchment Low order, convenience High order, comparison

Urbanisation is the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.

What causes urbanisation? Urbanisation occurs because people move

from rural areas (countryside) to urban areas (towns and cities). This usually occurs when a country is still developing.

is the movement of people out of cities, to the surrounding areas. There are four main reasons for counter-urbanisation:

The increase in car ownership over the last 40 years means people are more mobile. This has led to an increase in commuting. Also, the growth in information technology (E-mail, faxes and video conferencing) means more people can work from home.

Urban areas are becoming increasing unpleasant place to live. This is the result of pollution, crime and traffic congestion.

More people tend to move when they retire. New business parks on the edge of cities (on

Greenfield sites) mean people no longer have to travel to the city centre. People now prefer to live on the outskirts of the city to be near where they work.

Benefits:

•More people = more services;

•old buildings are renovated;

•more demand for local businesses;

•younger people in the village

Problems:

•House prices go up;

•‘urban sprawl’;

•more cars = congestion;

•tension between locals and ‘new comers’.

CBD Basingstoke. Festival place

Describe features

Hulme ;Manchester Describe features

Elvetheam Heath Describe

Urban regeneration;

Inner city issues include: Environmental: Social: Economic:

•Transport: Cambridge, Paris, London;•Urban sprawl, green belt, new towns, brown fields, Elvetham Heath

•Counter urbanisation, Pollution, Tokyo

Eg Basingstoke, Festival Place; solutions? Crime and vandalism. Traffic congestion. Growth of out-of-town shopping centres. Office developments on business parks in

rural – urban fringe High rents and rates. Economic recession

Decline due to fall environmental, social, and economic conditions

Redevelopment of inner city and CBD. Movement to outer suburbs.

60s: terraced demolished; high rise or council estate in suburbs;

80s: High rise in poor conditions 90s: Recent rise; gentrification and

community redevelopment with new businesses

Zone of mixed land use Issues; building roads, business parks,

farming. Fors and againsts

What is a Shanty towns? , e.g. Rocinha, a favela of Rio de Janerio, Dharavi area of Mumbai.

Problems; Over crowding; Lack of services; Disease; Land tenure; Lack of jobs; Location.

Build cheap housing e.g. Cairo, 10th Ramadan;

Greater Cairo Waste water project Metro Tourism Rocinha Rio de Janeiro and

over view FAVELA-BAIRRO PROJECT, Rio de

Janeiro