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Urbanisation Flashcards

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Growth of Dublin order

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Viking Dublin
The Anglo-Normans
Georgian Dublin
19th century Dublin 
20th century Dublin
21st century Dublin
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The growth of Dublin - Viking Dublin

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Began as a viking settlement in 841 AD
situated at month of River Liffey
Viking could trade and explore inland

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The growth of Dublin - The Anglo-Normans

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Occupied Dublin in 1171
Built stone walls around city
Medieval city - narrow streets, poor sanitation, poor living conditions, plagues
Dublin Castle built by Normans

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The growth of Dublin - Georgian Dublin

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British rule - 16th to 18th centuries
Extended coty, new wide streets added in grid patter
Famous buildings - GPO, Custom House, Trinity College
Wealthy loved in new squares - St Stephen’s Green

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The growth of Dublin - 19th century Dublin

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Act of Union 1801 - Parliament moved to London
Wealthy residents of Georgian houses left Dublin
Became distribution centre for goods via canal and rail
Docklands became important source of employment
Tenements - overcrowding, poverty, disease

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The growth of Dublin - 20th century Dublin

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Grew rapidly in 20th century
Inner-city slums celared, people moved to suburbs
Newer suburbs then developed, eg. Lucan, Tagllaght
Inner-city renewed - residential, commercial, financial

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The growth of Dublin - 21st century Dublin

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Growth of suburbs and further expansion of city
Urban sprawl has continued
Parts have undergone urban renewal
Satellite towns have become part of city. For example, Tallaght

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Urbanisation

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Urbanisation is when there is a huge growth in the size and number f gowns and cities.

It is continuing throughout the world. New cities are growing all the time as more and more people leave their rural lives behind and move into cities in search of work.

In essence, a rural to urban shift is taking place.

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functional zones in cities

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Most cities have a number of different zones.

Each zone has a different function or use.

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The Central Business District (CBD)

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The centre of every city has a CBD
This is where the big banks, office buildings, and department stores are.
These buildings are usually multi-storied buildings.
Eg. Dublin 2

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Smaller Shopping Areas

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Around the outskirts of the city there will be small little village centres where people can do their day-to-day shopping.
These small areas allow people to access all of the services they need without having to go into the city centre.
eg. Clondalkin

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Shopping Centres

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In most suburbs of Dublin city there are shopping centres.
Eg.
Blanchardstown Shopping Centre - Blanchardstown
Th Square - Tallagth
Dundrum Shopping Centre - Dundrum

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Industrial Areas

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Since the Industrial Rrevolution, cities have been important industrial areas. Many goods are manufactured in the factories of these cities.
Eg. Detroit, Michigan is nicknamed Motor City because it is where many American car companies built their cars
Port cities often have industries such as oil refining (Rotterdam) or chemical factories (Cork)
There are many industrial estates in the suburbs around the cities. Footloose industries are attracted to these areas.

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Space for recreation/leisure

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All cities need space for children to play and for people to relax and enjoy the outdoors.
Dublin has parks like the Phoenix Park and St Stephen’s Green. There are also many parks in the suburban areas surrounding Dublin.

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Functional zones of London

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CBD
City of London - principal financial district of UK, also known as the Square Mile

SHOPPING AREA
West End - main shopping and entertainment district, for example, Oxford Street

RESIDENTIAL AREAS
West London - huge residential area, exclusive neighbourhoods, such as Notting Hill

INDUSTRIAL AREA
West End - old industrial area
Park Royal - main industrial area, employs 40,000

RECREATIONAL AREA
Eight Royal Parks in centre, for example, Hyde Park
Olympic Park - redeveloped industrial area

SHOPPING CENTRE
The Westfield - 1.9 million squared feet of shopping centre
Opened in 2011, over 300 shops

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Values in land use in cities

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Land gets less valuable as you move out from CBD

Buildings get smaller as you move out from CBD

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Land use in cities

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In city centre, most buildings are multi-storey buildings
Rent is high for retailers in city centre
In suburbs, there is much more land available. Most buildings are one or two storeys high

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Residential housing in urban areas

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Apartments and flats
Terraced houses
Semi-detached houses
Detached houses

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Apartments and flats

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Found close to city centre
Built to maximise space
Young professionals

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Terraced houses

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Close go city centre and in housing estates
No front garden, door opens onto street
City centre - oldest residential housing

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Semi-detached houses

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Outskirts of town or in housing estates
Pairs of houses with a shared wall
Garden or driveway around them

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Detached houses

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In housing estates and outskirts of town

Free-standing on their own site

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Commuters

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People who travel to work are called commuters

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Commuting to work in cities

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People who travel to work are called commuters.

Many of these people live in the suburbs of the city or live in counties surrounding Dublin.

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percentages of how people commute to work

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Cars/trucks/vans - 46%
Buses - 29%
Train - 12%
Walking - 9%
Bikes - 3%
Motorbikes - 1%
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Solutions to traffic congestion

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Best way to solve problem is by encouraging people to use public transport.
Building more roads does not solve the problem.

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Public transport methods

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Buses
Light Rail
The Luas
Cycle Lanes

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Buses

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Can carry up to 80 people
If more used buses, would take many cars off roads each day
Can get to city centre much quicker than cars bc can use Quality Bus Corridors (QBCs)
Big increase in number OF QBCs in Dublin in recent years

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Light Rail

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FART is example of light rail system
Very successful network. Many travel to work using DART
DART line runs through many areas along coastline of Dublin between Howth and Bray

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The Luas

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Tram system
This type of public transport is very popular in many European cities
Fast and efficient method of transport
Dublin’s Luas - extremely popular with commuters

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Cycle lanes

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Bike to work and dublinbikes rental schemes have encouraged people to cycle to and from work
Safer and makes it easier to cycle in city centre

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urban problems

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Zones of decline
Urban sprwal
Unemployment
Crime
Community disruption
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Zones of decline

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Many derelict sites
Abandoned + fallen in to disrepair
Some have been redeveloped
Empty buildings - squatters, drug addicts
Could become areas of urban decline
Money has been spent in redeveloping these

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Urban sprawl

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Rapid spread of housing from cities outwards
Spread into countryside
Valuable farmland and greenbelts taken over by roads and houses
Smaller towns and villages absorbed
Puts pressure on services such as water supply and sewage

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Unemployment

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In the past, jobs in city centre.
Factories moved to suburbs
Jobs in CBD required skilled personnel
Unskilled people - unemployment

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Crime

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Big problem in inner-city areas

Drugs, unemployment, lack of services

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Community disruption

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Since 1960s, many have moved out of city to suburbs
Has left some disconnect from family in city centre
Results in them feeling isolated

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Ways to improve urban areas

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Inner-city renewal + redevelopment

Planning of new towns

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Urban renewal

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Means knocking down old house/flats + building new places for people to live

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Urban redevelopment

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Means knocking down old houses/flats and building shops, offices, restaurants or car park ie. replacing them with a new funcfion, eg. offices in place of houses

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Urban renewal case study

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Fatima mansion in Dolphin Barn, Dublin

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Challenges faced by Fatima mansion

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  • Lone parents headed 49% of households. Lone parents at greater risk of poverty than two-parent families
  • Children under 15 made up 38% of population, more than double national average
  • Community educationally disadvantaged. 61% of adults had no formal educational qualifications
  • Unemployment 39% in 2005 - nearly 8 times national average for that year
  • Community had high levels of ill health, high school drop-out rates + serious drugs problem
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Renewal of the Fatima Mansions of the area

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2005 - demolition and rebuilding began. Fatima mansions have been replaced with socially mixed homes. By 2008, 600 households were living in newly built area.

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Social renewal in Fatima Mansions

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Quality of peoples lives improved

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Social renewal of Fatima Mansions eight-part programme

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  1. Establishment of safe and sustainable community through dialogue between gardaí and community
  2. Raising education levels in community with appointment of education officer for both adults + young people
  3. Improving people’s health and wellbeing by raising awareness of health issues
  4. Providing training for employment through local training scheme
  5. Emphasis on arts and culture
  6. The development of sport and recreational facilities to encourage people of all ages to participate in sport + exercise
  7. Community facilities in neighbourhood
  8. Raising environmental awareness by helping community recycle and take pride in clean neighbourhood
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The planning of new towns

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Tallaght Town + Adamstown

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Tallaght Town

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Tallaght chosen as location for new town in 1960s
Has developed into important rsidential, commercial, industrial area.
Now has many facilities including hospital, shopping centre, the county library, Tallaght IT and many industrial estates
Connected to city centre by Luas
Tallaght is continuously growing and will soon become a city on its own

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Adamstown

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Adamstown is latest new town to be built in Ireland
Result of completely new way of planning in Ireland
The 10,000 houses/apartments are high-density developments
Th re is a railway station giving direct access to city centre
Schools, shops, and leisure facilities have been built for people

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