london Flashcards
(4 cards)
social opportunities by urban change in london
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
economic environmental opportunities created by urban change in london
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)
social+ economic challenges created by urban change in london second card
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
environmental challenges created by urban change in london
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