Suburbanisation

• What is suburbanisation?

  the outward growth of urban development which may engulf surrounding villages and towns into a larger urban agglomeration
• what are the suburbs?

  The outlying areas of a city which are close enough to the city centre to be accessible by commuters
• What happens as suburbs grow?

  they attract both people from rural areas AND people from inner city and CBD areas , who are attracted to the greater amount of space within the suburb
• what is the CBD?


  CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
• What does suburbanisation result in?

  the physical spreading of a city into surrounding countryside areas, known as URBAN SPRAWL and this puts pressure on greenfield sites and nature
• What is an economic effect of living in the suburbs?

  Quite high land prices - housing is expensive !!
• What does suburbanisation do- how is it a part of urbanisation?


  it is a part of urbanisation in that it increases the proportion of people that live in towns and cities in comparison to those in rural areas
• What are the suburbs like in BRITAIN?


  • predominantly high density residential in nature
  • have often rural characteristics such as larger gardens and tree-lined avenues
• What should suburbanisation not be linked to?

  HOUSING
• Why should suburbanisation not be linked to housing?

  because industries have also suburbanised
• Are all suburbs the same?

  no
• what are there several types of ?

  suburb
• what are many suburbs populated by?

  the urban middle class (BUT THEY ARE NOT UNIFORM IN MANY RESPECTS)
• What 3 factors can influence the characteristics and layout of a suburb?

  • the time they were built
  • the planners that were involved
  • the physical surroundings of the environment
• Where did RICHER CLASSES go during the industrial revolution?


  The suburbs away from industrial areas ,living in large terraced town houses
• What were plot sizes like during the interwar period?

  plot sizes were ample and semidetached housing was favoured in many locations

  • CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES WERE: Recreational facilities, local shops and low building densities
• What have land prices done more recently?

  risen
• Why have building densities in suburbs increased?

  land prices have risen and land is at a premium
• What are the effects in suburbs off land prices increasing?

  • building densities have increased
  • many modern suburbs include flats and taller town houses with smaller gardens
  • cunning developers market detached houses with little space between the buildings
• why has land prices increased?

  due to population growth in Britain
• What has suburban house building also been affected by?

  transport and communication innovations - continuing improvements of arterial routes to the city centre, the development of underground railways etc have all affected the suburbs and their development
• What is another term for social housing?

  council housing
• What has been provided for low income people in suburban locations?

  Affordable housing

  Has further complicated the patterns of suburbanisation in Britain
• Are suburbs in Britain the same as suburbs in other European Cities, USA and Australia?

  NO

  These tend to be much lower density and increase dependency upon the car
• Give 2 pros of suburbanisation for the INNER CITY?

  • Suburbs mean that htere is less need for high-rise, high-density housing (such as in deindustrialised areas of Newcastle), leading to clearance and replacement by low-rise, low-density housing. this is better for residence
  • the greater availability of space created by clearance of inner city areas allows for improved communication networks
• give 2 CONS of suburbanisation for INNER CITY?

  • Decline of inner city areas as skilled people and businesses move away. = suburbanisation of jobs leads to employment opportunities which leads to a spiral of decline
  • communities are split up and damaged as people migrate out to the suburbs
• give 2 PROS of suburbanisation for the RURAL URBAN FRINGE?

  • The LOCAL TAX BASE increases which means that councils can afford to develop new facilities and services in the expanding suburbs
  • As wealthy people move there is increasing demand for shopping = demand for retailing = increasing employment opportunities in shops such as BALIOL BUSINESS PARK IN LONGBENTON
• Where is an example of a business park?

  Baliol Business Park in Longbenton
• Give 2 CONS of suburbanisation for RURAL URBAN FRINGE?

  • Land increases in price as demand increases at the city edge
  • There is increased commuting = increased congestion and pollution