Lecture 7 From city to urban area

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Lecture 7 From city to urban area

Characteristics of cities

1. Lots of people living together.
   
2. High building density.
   
3. Most people work in the secondary or tertiary sector.
   
4. A city has a high level of facilities

Reflection

Urbanisation

This migration of people from the countryside to the city is called urbanisation.

urbanisation

Reflection

Kinderen begonnen al jong met werken.

Werk in de fabrieken was ongeschoold, zwaar werk voor weinig loon.

Urbanisation

The migration of people from the countryside to the city

--> workerclass homes

Reflection

Historic city centre

CBD

Worker housing

Waar bevindt:

• de historische binnenstad?
• het centrum?
• arbeiderswijken?

Stadsvernieuwing

Urban renewal

The quality of social rental housing is being improved. This is done by:

Renovation

Redevelop-ment

The population composition (who lives there) remains the same (which is why there is often no solution for the substantive problems (low quality of life)

Suburbanisation

Suburbanisation = process in which people move from urban areas to rural areas

Suburbanisation

Declining cities (1970-2000)

- Cities are crowded and aged

- Cars make larger travelling

distances possible (commuting)

- People leave the city

(= suburbanisation)

- Smaller towns grow to suburbs

These are greener, safer and more quiet

than the city

Suburban problems

1. Increased congestion (due to suburban commuters)
   
2. Cities are getting poorer (poor newcomers and rich people leaving)
   
3. Suburban areas tend to change in dormitory towns
   
4. Nature disappears
   

Re-urbanisation

How to make cities attractive again:

1. Renovation
   
2. Redevelopment
   
3. New housing in old industrial areas
   
4. New districts on the fringes of cities
   (in the Netherlands: Vinex-districts)

Re-urbanisation =Process in which people move back from rural areas to urban areas (after a period of urban decline)

# Nature disappears

Groen hart