london Flashcards

(4 cards)

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social opportunities by urban change in london

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less 50% white british
many carnivals/ 🇨🇳 new year

west end= 15mil per year attract

variety of green spaces

weekly football games at emirates+ stamford bridge

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economic environmental opportunities created by urban change in london

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major finance and banking sector in UK (bank of england)

accounting + law firms common

battersea power station
20 new housing zones = jobs

75mil on public transport weekly

73,000 boris hikes daily

more bus lanes

congestion charge= 30% less cars

47% london green space (less floods)

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social+ economic challenges created by urban change in london second card

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2 mil live in poverty (inequality)

diff areas= diff access to services eg healthcare education and housing

lack of affordable housing = counter urbanisation

high cost of living(people move)
commuters settlements

pop grows 100k annually
20k homes built annually

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environmental challenges created by urban change in london

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deindustrialization= brownfield site. can build but expensive

house can be built on greenfield but urban sprawl + congestion

25% london waste —> landfill

traffic = congestion
4000 premature deaths to air pollution annually

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