Assignment - Intro

Question 1

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• urban geo = study of cities/towns & processes occuring in them
• 55% of pop lives in urban from UN
• therefore urban geo is important bc effects lot of ppl

Question 2

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• burgess model: higher value, higher density in city
• edi is on E scottish coast, 515000 pop, top 10% least & most deprived areas in scotland = important to see inequalities

Question 3

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• central business district = highest price & density
• wealthiest and visited area
• most commercial

Question 4

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• lower price & density
• most manafacturing & industrial buildings from burgess model
• good industry bc transport & connectivity = haymarket station

Question 5

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• low density
• middle income households
• balgreen
• a lot of semi-detached & detached

Question 6

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• south gyle
• mainly greenfield sites (define)
• v few buildings