4.2B Reasons for change

• why areas change over time:

  • accessibility
  • connectedness
  • historical development
  • role of local planning
  • role of national planning
• Physical reason for change:

  • Physical factors
  • Accessibility and connectedness
  • Historical development
  • Role of local/national planning 
• accessibility reasons for change:

  • Access to other places
  • increase connections
• Historical development reasons for change:

  • Post-production era
  • competition
  • changes in consumer trends
  • increased affluence
  • Historic buildings
• role of planning (government and stakeholders) reasons for change:

  • national policies for restructuring the UK economy
  • plan-led system
  • conservation area (limit new developments and encourage conservation)
  • central government intervention
  • local planning
• footloose industries = those that can be located anywhere; they are not tied to locations by natural resources or fixed infrastructure. 
• greenbelts = land surrounding cities that cannot be built upon, usually farmland
• • Physical factors include:
  • Location - closeness to large cities and core economic areas
  • Environment - how attractive the place is
• Accessibility and connectedness factors include:

  • More accessibility to other places with improved transport infrastructure (road, rail, air)
  • Connections help competition for investment and visitors
  • Easier access means businesses can attract more skilled workers and trade goods in new ways
  • Improved connectivity through the extension of the 5G network
• • Historical development factors include:
  • The decline in the primary and secondary sectors
  • Changes in consumer trends
  • More affluence means a greater demand for leisure and tourism activities, so buildings are converted to other uses e.g. bars, holiday homes
• • role of local/national planning includes:
  • Government policies on restructuring the UK economy after deindustrialisation. This involved promoting growth in tertiary and quaternary sectors 
  • Government planning regulations can prevent developments, such as in areas classed as green belt