With a particular focus on dereliction, water and air pollution Water pollution This is when pollutants enter open water sources by industries dumping hazardous waste to avoid disposing of it correctly or human defecation. This contaminated water is then consumed by people, especially those in poverty, which leads to the spread of water borne diseases…
. Total waste is set to increase 7% a year due to rising populations and affluence . HICs produce 30 times more waste than those in LICs Sources of waste: residential, industrial and commercial Types of waste: biomedical, hazardous, toxic, inert, composite, organic, electronic Waste streams: material and product related. Factors affecting waste streams Alternatives…
Increasing spare capacity: Case study: Lambdrove, Cambourne, West Cambridge This was a project that was partly funded by an eu body that aimed to showcase how suds can be implemented into a housing estate. The project had built 35 affordable houses implemented with suds. Positives Negatives 8 SUDS in a 6 kilometre squared area Initial…
. It is 30% more likely to rain in urban areas due to the UH high effect . Concrete holds 2000 times more sunlight than an equal volume of air . Urban areas compared to rural areas has a temperature difference of up to 0.5 degrees Temperatures Temperature- the urban heat island effect is when…
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This is defined as the physical landscape of an urban area which can be split into physical and human factors Human- land value, infrastructure Physical- topography, near a natural water source, an abundant supply of natural resources, rock type Land use between HIC and LIC Types of urban form Town centre mixed developments this is…
Tony Blair in the 2000s implemented a bottom up development strategy as well. The other policy that was implemented was called area based initiatives in the form of new deals for communities. One of the area this was implemented was in Devonport, Plymouth Devonport is a naval dockyard located on the Plymouth sound facing the…
John Major in the 1990s implemented a bottom-up development strategy where locals people came up with the problems they wanted to resolve and come up with solutions for them. The urban policy implemented was called competition lead policies in the form of city challenge partnerships The area that these were implemented in was in Hulme…
Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s introduced a top down development strategy where its the national government that planned regeneration projects. The urban policy implemented was called property led initiatives in the form of Urban Development corporation and enterprise zones. the area which this was implemented at was in the Docklands now Canary Wharf. History of…
