suburbanisation

Question 1

what is suburbanisation

Answer 1

movement of people from city centres to outskirts

Question 2

what are the push factors of suburbanisation:
urban areas

Answer 2

-urban areas are overcrowded, polluted, high crime rates and less greenery
-manufacturing moving out of an area leads to people leaving cities for employment
-unemployment increases in a city=less money, fewer local services

Question 3

what are the pull factors of suburbanisation:
suburban areas

Answer 3

-lower population density-more green space
-easier to build houses
-improvements to public transport
-rents are cheaper on the outskirts

Question 4

what are the economic consequences of suburbanisation

Answer 4

-fewer people live in inner city areas: shops/restaurants struggle for customers
-unemployment increases- lower living standard and poverty

Question 5

what are the social consequences of suburbanisation

Answer 5

-businesses move out to suburbs are abandoned and may become derelict
-wealthier middle class people move to suburbs where there’s better quality of life so poorer people are left behind-segregation

Question 6

what are the environmental consequences of suburbanisation

Answer 6

-new housing estates built open countryside affecting wildlife habitats
-people in suburbs own cars causing congestion and air pollution