5.3-5.7

Question 1

London’s site

Answer 1

London is sited on a flat floodplain of the river thames where it meets the sea

Question 2

London’s situation

Answer 2

London is in the south east of london and on the lowest bridging point of the river thames

Question 3

London’s connectivity

Answer 3

London is significantly connected thanks to its massive rail way system,motor ways and A roads radiating out and 5 airports

Question 4

How is london significant?

Answer 4

It has a great port into the british channel and can trade through there, it also has many airports that can take cargo internationally and a radial motorway making cargo transport through trucks very easy

Question 5

What is London’s structure? From central most

Answer 5

CDB ,inner city ,outer city ,suburbs and the RUF

Question 6

How does it change as you travel away from the CDB

Answer 6

The buildings get younger, the density decreases and the environmental quality gets better

Question 7

How has London’s population grown,

Answer 7

Londons population has mainly grown in the younger years as its mainly workers who move to be closer to work

Question 8

How has migration affected areas

Answer 8

Many areas with a high migrant population the area grows with more cultural businesses and attractions.

Question 9

What is meant by inequality?

Answer 9

The difference from the high end citizens and the low end in an area

Question 10

Why do immigrants move to poor areas?

Answer 10

Most immigrants move to poor areas mainly because they wont be able to afford houses in other areas but also it makes it easier if the area is of the same background as it makes communication easier in their first periods of time here.

Question 11

Why is there inequality?

Answer 11

Most of the inequality is because of the area being cheap meaning working class people move in for cheaper housing and to be close to work

Question 12

What areas have mostly declined?

Answer 12

Inner city as quality of life increasing as you travel further out and most of the factories and jobs have closed down

Question 13

What is deindustrialisation?

Answer 13

The closure of industries leading to a decrease manufacturing and jobs

Question 14

What is depopulation?

Answer 14

The movement of employment from the CBD leading to the amount of people decreasing

Question 15

what is Decentralisation

Answer 15

The shift of shopping activities from CBD leading to people moving away

Question 16

How has e-commerce caused a decline?

Answer 16

It causes an irrelevance in shopping centres causing a decrease in the needs of travelling to the CBD

Question 17

What area has seen an improvement

Answer 17

The outer city is receiving the biggest improvement.

Question 18

Explain how gentrification has caused an improvement

Answer 18

Gentrification has caused an increase in investment for businesses in leisure and bars.

Question 19

How has rural sprawl effected the RUF

Answer 19

It causes the RUF to expand outwards as businesses are expanded outwards due to a decrease of area.

Question 20

Benefits of the olympics?

Answer 20

It caused a revival in stratford and increased the housings and environmental quality has been improved

Question 21

Difference between rebranding and regenerating.

Answer 21

Regenerating is doing physical changes to an area while rebranding is doing many improvements to make a new name for an area

Question 22

What was done to London’s docklands

Answer 22

Most famously the shut down docklands were regenerated and rebranded into canary wharf

Question 23

Positive of regenerating/rebranding

Answer 23

It can revive nearby lakes or parks, it creates new jobs for all kinds of sectors and it creates now housing accommodations

Question 24

Negatives of regenerating/rebranding

Answer 24

Can cause a decrease in green land, can cause old traditional shops to close down, can force people to move out breaking up communities

Question 25

Winners or losers?

Answer 25

In a whole everyone wins from this in a way, other than those who are forced to move out and struggle to find good housing in a good area

Question 26

What is sustainability?

Answer 26

the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. Often needs to be a benefit socially, economically and environmentally.

Question 27

How is it sustainable?

Answer 27

The green belt makes it so that no building is allowed beyond a certain point from london, this is good as it means it protects rural land however it also just encourages building beyond that making a green donut.

Question 28

Rural area thats connected with london?

Answer 28

Boxhill

Question 29

What is interdependence

Answer 29

the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.

Question 30

London-rural Interdependence.

Answer 30

Most farmers make a stable income by providing products to london supermarkets or my providing leisure services. Many London workers also live in rural areas due to a decrease of housing price.

Question 31

How does london benefit from its interdependence?

Answer 31

There is a relief of pressure on housing in london and many leisure activities open up for workers on holiday. Eg. Camping. And a lot of food is local.

Question 32

How do rural areas benefit?

Answer 32

Rural areas get a stable income and business providing and they get shopping accessibility.