Urbanisation

Question 1

Name the policies set between 1997 - 2010

Answer 1

• Regional development agencies
• English partnerships
• Urban regeneration policies

Question 2

Name the policies set between 2010 - 2015

Answer 2

• New home bonus
• Community infrastructure levy
• Localism act and tax increment financing

Question 3

Describe the regeneration of Longbridge

Answer 3

Redevelopment of a 468 acre brownfield site, previously a car plant, transformed into a mixed community development

Question 4

Name some aspects of the Longbridge regeneration scheme

Answer 4

• 350 homes build
• £100 million Longbridge technology park
• Austin park

Question 5

Name some causes of deindustrialisation

Answer 5

• Reduced need for labour
• Reduced demand for manufactured goods
• Globalisation of manufacturing
• Increased costs

Question 6

What causes decentralisation

Answer 6

Competition for space in urban areas

Question 7

Why is building in the suburbs more attractive to businesses

Answer 7

• Allows for custom planning and designs

- Business parks and out of town shopping complexes

Question 8

What’s the effect of decentralisation

Answer 8

Encourages the population to move out of the city (counter-urbanisation)

Question 9

What caused the shift in employment from manufacturing to service

Answer 9

• Rise of the knowledge economy
• Growth in research and development
• Increase in tourism
• Expanding customer demands for leisure/luxury services

Question 10

Define urbanisation

Answer 10

Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

Question 11

Define suburbanisation

Answer 11

Movement of people, employment and services towards the edge of the city

Question 12

Define counter-urbanisation

Answer 12

Movement from urban to rural areas

Question 13

Define urban resurgence

Answer 13

Movement back to the city

Question 14

Give some reasons for suburbanisation

Answer 14

• Improved transport
• Advances in technology
• Increased car ownership

Question 15

Give some reasons for counter-urbanaisation

Answer 15

• Better quality of life
• Early retirement
• Increased wealth

Question 16

Give some reasons for urban resurgence

Answer 16

• Better employment opportunities
• Attractive to young people
• Better access to services

Question 17

Define urban growth

Answer 17

Increase in the number of urban dwellers

Question 18

Define urban expansion

Answer 18

Increase in the physical size of a city

Question 19

Why are urban centres important:

Answer 19

• Financial hubs
• Exchange of ideas and creativity
• Centres of political power and decision making
• Social and cultural centres

Question 20

Name some reasons that might cause urban form to change over time

Answer 20

• Population growth
• Government policies (may restrict or encourage change)
• Movement of industries

Question 21

What is a megacity?

Answer 21

A city with a population over 10 million people

Question 22

What are world cities?

Answer 22

Cities who have a large involvement in the global economy

Question 23

What’s the role of world cities:

Answer 23

• Drive economic activity regionally and nationally
• Centres of economic growth
• Create jobs