Changing cities (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Flashcards
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Geographers' method for studying urban change
Geographers' method for studying urban change
Case studies
4 processes that change cities (in sequence)
4 processes that change cities (in sequence)
Urbanisation→suburbanisation→counter-urbanisation→re-urbanisation
Definition: Urbanisation
Definition: Urbanisation
Growth of cities; rural to urban migration
When suburbanisation became prominent
When suburbanisation became prominent
1920s
Example new town in counter-urbanisation
Example new town in counter-urbanisation
Redditch
Definition: Re-urbanisation
Definition: Re-urbanisation
People return to city centres for work/entertainment
Where older Birmingham residents migrate to
Where older Birmingham residents migrate to
Bournemouth (coastal southern England)
Refugee source countries for Birmingham
Refugee source countries for Birmingham
Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine
% Birmingham residents under 30
% Birmingham residents under 30
43.8%
Birmingham's largest age group
Birmingham's largest age group
20-24 year olds
% Birmingham non-white British
% Birmingham non-white British
51.4%
% Birmingham not English as 1st language
% Birmingham not English as 1st language
16%
New homes Birmingham needs annually
New homes Birmingham needs annually
4,500
1970s migrant settlement areas in Birmingham
1970s migrant settlement areas in Birmingham
Sparkbrook and Sparkhill