Urbanisation

Cards (3)

  • name a town or city you studied : lusk ,north county Dublin

    urban sprawl : is the rapid spread of urban developments e.g houses on undeveloped rural land around the city e.g north county Dublin the negative effect associated with urban sprawl is that land use for agriculture is used for housing developments .this is evident in mostly north county Dublin area like rush + lusk .where valuable farmland was rezoned for housing .this will lead to a reduction in food production in lreland .this isn’t great as people would be buying food with high levels air miles
  • name a town or city in lreland that you studied - Dublin city
    one problem that Is found in Dublin city that you studied - one problem that is found in Dublin city is traffic congestion.this has made the place unattractive to live .traffic congestion can also lead to air pollution through the gases released/co2 emissions from the vehicles this is harmful to human Health as it can cause problems although cars release co2 it isn’t as much as when they are crawling
  • Dublin city
    on the road and undergoing acceleration and deceleration.these increase in co2 emissions can result in climate change and global warming causing ice caps to melt and resulting wildlife