Urban Forms

• give 3 physical factors influencing London's urban form?

  river thames

  thames estuary

  floodplain of the thames
• Explain how the River Thames is a physical factor influencing London's Urban Form?

  River Thames - acts as a physical barrier between the North and South
• explain how the Thames Estuary is a physical factor influencing London's Urban Form?


  Thames Estuary - proximity to the sea = its land use is mainly maritime in nature
• Explain how London being on the floodplain of the Thames is a physical factor influencing London's Urban Form>?

  London is on the FLOODPLAIN of the Thames = area is FLAT= area is great for BUILDING ON !!
• what human factors influence London's urban form?

  
  

  • land prices
  • government policy
  • redevelopment projects
• what factors point towards london being a post modern western city?

  • fragmented form
  • service based industry
  • eclectic architecture (the shard)
  • high diversity but high polarization
• explain how land prices are a human factor that influence london's urban form?

  • Land prices decrease as you move further away from city centre.
  • As a result the city centre mainly used for high value busineses
  • inner city mainly high end residential housing mixed with low income housing typically owned by borough councils
  • this has led to significant intra and inter borough inequality
• historically, what was London's inner city used for?

  Manufacturing

  BUT both deindustrialisation, demand for housing and increased land price means that the inner city is mainly low income housing and high end residential housing
• explain how Government policy is a human factor that influence london's urban form?

  • the greenbelt established in 1955 and is a self-imposed barrier on London's growth
• when was the greenbelt established?

  1955
• what is a self-imposed barrier on London's growth?


  the greenbelt
• explain how redevelopment projects are a human factor that influence London's urban form?

  Redevelopment projects have created secondary PVLIs (peak land value intersection) across London

  • eg it can be argued that the LDDC has turned Canary Wharf into an edge city