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What are wet points

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Areas that have a good water supply

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What are dry points

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Areas that are away from the risk of flooding.

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What are gap towns

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Towns located in between two areas of high land

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What is town centre mixed development

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Where town entries are redeveloped to the current trend, a combination of residential, commercial, cultural or industrial uses, with free-flowing pedestrian access. Broad Street Plaza, Halifax is an example

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What is development of cultural and heritage quarters

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It’s an attempt to promote growth in cities, places like Liverpool have developed cultural and heritage area or quarters, these areas focus on cultural or heritage themes like the arts and the creative industries to revitalise the area

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What are gentrified areas

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Gentrified areas are the result of gentrification. Renovating an area so richer people move there and poorer people leave

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What are fortress landscapes

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Fortress developments can be defined as urban developments that have a high focus on security measures. In England schools and shopping centres are given security measures as they are seen as vulnerable place to attack.

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What are edge cities

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Edge cities are smaller cities on the edge of a city, many in the UK, large cities like Manchester are surrounded by retail and business parks etc.

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What is the postmodern western city

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The postmodern western city is characterised by a return to flowing lines in the cityscape with peaked, triangular and multi-levelled roofs.

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What are the social issues with London (6)

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  1. 27,000 landlords evicting people
  2. 48,000 people in temporary accommodation
  3. 20% people are in poverty.
  4. 16% of people in London are the poorest 10% of people in the country
  5. They’re is a huge amount of cultural diversity
  6. Many cultures segregate themselves in areas
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What is the economic issue with London

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  1. Land in the CBD is very expensive as it’s a world city so many businesses want to locate there, resulting in extremely high house prices meaning London is much more expensive to live in than elsewhere in the UK
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What are the strategies put in place to solve London’s social and economic issues

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In 2012 the Greater London Authority was put in place this did:

  1. Set up the 4 year affordable homes scheme
  2. Increased the living wage by 5% to £8.30 an hour
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What are Bangalore’s social issues (9)

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  1. The poorest people are discriminated against
  2. 8.43 million people live there densely populated
  3. They are 600 slum areas
  4. Child labour takes place
  5. 25% of the people live in slums
  6. 4,000 people are diagnosed with diseases a day
  7. 62% of people are immigrants
  8. The rich and poor segregate
  9. Many people in poverty
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What Bangalore’s economic issues (2)

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  1. Richest 2% of the people have a monthly income 37x more than the poorest 30%
  2. People aren’t paid enough to move away from the slums
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What strategies have been put in place to solve Bangalore’s economic and social issues (3)

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  1. They are building sufficient amounts of housing
  2. Putting in place sustainable energy (personal generators)
  3. New flyovers and motorways