Urban Change in the UK Flashcards
How is the population of the UK distributed?
unevenly distributed
82% live in urban areas
one in four of these live in london and the south east
many highland regions of scotland and wales are sparsely populated
upland areas are remote and can experience harsh climatic conditions
Major Uk cities
Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol, London, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh
Where is Bristol?
south west of England. smaller towns and cities surrounding it, like Bath, Swindon, Weston Super-Mare and Newport. This makes the Bristol Urban Region
to the cities north east are the cotswold hills and to the west is the River Severn which leads to the Bristol channel. the River Avon runs through the city to the channel.
The city is served by multiple motorways, such as the M4 which connects to london and south wales, and the M5 which connects to Birmingham and the southwest of England.
What is the Bristol Urban Region?
Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Weston Super-Mare and Newport.
Bristol Opportunities
enriching the city’s cultural life in terms of music, art , literature and food.
providing a hardworking and motivated workforce
improving the level of skills where there are shortages
the mainly young migrants help to balance out the population
contributing to both the local and national economy
bristol challenges
pressures on housing and employment
challenge of integration into the wider community
the need to provide education for children whose first language is not english
how has bristol’s growth been affected by migration?
increased population: increased demand for housing: growth of city (urban sprawl)
new skills brought by migrants: industrial growth: city growth: migrants keen to get jobs and may accept lower wages: advantages to the growth of the city
Bristol: economic importance
2 major docks: avonmouth and royal portbury
largest concentration of silicon chip manufacture outside of California
around 700000 cars are imported each year from Japan, Germany and Korea to Bristol’s docks
fairtrade city: trading with nearly 5 mil workers in 58 developing countries
Bristol:environmental importance
2017: UK’s most environmentally friendly city
named UK’s first cycling city
first UK city to be awarded the European Green Capital in 2015
Bristol: social importance
2 universities 2 cathedrals Graffiti artist Banksy several theatres, music venues named most artistic city in the UK
