An Urban Study Of Sheffield
Background of Sheffield
Sheffield is a very built up area with lots of industry and housing situated in the centre of England. It grew at the point of confluence where the river Sheaf and the river Don joined the river provides a good defensive site.
All raw material used to produce iron could be found around the Sheffield area.
During the nineteenth century there was a rapid influx of workers, who had large families, so there was a demand for cheap housing. Builders built as many houses as possible in the small area. These houses were a back to back terraces built near the factories (convenience for the workers). Richer people built larger houses on a main road or the edge of the city.
In the first half of the twentieth century, public transport was introduced new modes of transport meant that people could live further away from work but still travel from far away.
By the end of the 2nd world war, the inner city housing was in very bad condition or bombed during the war. In the fifties and sixties council estates were built on the rural urban fringe. The suburbs continued growing as the city spread out the small villages on the outskirts became part of the city itself, by the seventies city housing had been improved.
The early eighteenth century manufacturing industries were confined to the valleys running down from the Pennines as well as the town at the confluence of the river Don and river Sheaf.
Many factories, steel works etc. were built in Sheffield between 1730 and 1870. One of Sheffield's biggest attractions is the shopping mall 'Meadowhall' situated in the rural urban fringe. The motorway the M1 also runs past Sheffield making transport of stock and goods into and out of the city is good.
A map of Sheffield
Aim 1
To study the different housing environment in Sheffield so that their quality can be assessed and compared.
An environment is the surroundings especially as they affect people's lives such as traffic, pollution and noise all contribute to where people want to live.
My ideal environment would be on an estate on the rural urban fringe away from the city centre so that there would be little traffic and noise; I would like my area to be free of vandalism, litter and graffiti. It would be nice if all the people were nice and looked after their houses and gardens to make the area look brighter, I would also like there to be some shops nearby so that I could purchase low order products such as bread and milk. My environment would have to be half an hour's drive away from a main shopping mall such as Meadowhall.
The city environments of Sheffield are split into two main areas:
* Inner city (terraces etc.)
* Outer city (semi-detached, estates etc.)
The inner city is packed with terraced houses and was originally used for factory workers as the factories were built near them; examples of these places are Darnall and Wincobank. These areas are very closed in so the community are likely to know each other. Terraced houses have no gardens and are square but many people in these areas have upgraded their homes by installing double-glazing and bay windows.
The other type of environment was in Ecclesall these houses were mainly detached or semi-detached leaving room for gardens, drives and garages. These houses are on long roads rather than all bunched up together on a small one, the houses were also bigger, There were also some shops only a five minutes walk away from the main housing area. The traffic and noise pollution was very low probably due to the fact that there were no main roads in this area.
Background of Sheffield
Sheffield is a very built up area with lots of industry and housing situated in the centre of England. It grew at the point of confluence where the river Sheaf and the river Don joined the river provides a good defensive site.
All raw material used to produce iron could be found around the Sheffield area.
During the nineteenth century there was a rapid influx of workers, who had large families, so there was a demand for cheap housing. Builders built as many houses as possible in the small area. These houses were a back to back terraces built near the factories (convenience for the workers). Richer people built larger houses on a main road or the edge of the city.
In the first half of the twentieth century, public transport was introduced new modes of transport meant that people could live further away from work but still travel from far away.
By the end of the 2nd world war, the inner city housing was in very bad condition or bombed during the war. In the fifties and sixties council estates were built on the rural urban fringe. The suburbs continued growing as the city spread out the small villages on the outskirts became part of the city itself, by the seventies city housing had been improved.
The early eighteenth century manufacturing industries were confined to the valleys running down from the Pennines as well as the town at the confluence of the river Don and river Sheaf.
Many factories, steel works etc. were built in Sheffield between 1730 and 1870. One of Sheffield's biggest attractions is the shopping mall 'Meadowhall' situated in the rural urban fringe. The motorway the M1 also runs past Sheffield making transport of stock and goods into and out of the city is good.
A map of Sheffield
Aim 1
To study the different housing environment in Sheffield so that their quality can be assessed and compared.
An environment is the surroundings especially as they affect people's lives such as traffic, pollution and noise all contribute to where people want to live.
My ideal environment would be on an estate on the rural urban fringe away from the city centre so that there would be little traffic and noise; I would like my area to be free of vandalism, litter and graffiti. It would be nice if all the people were nice and looked after their houses and gardens to make the area look brighter, I would also like there to be some shops nearby so that I could purchase low order products such as bread and milk. My environment would have to be half an hour's drive away from a main shopping mall such as Meadowhall.
The city environments of Sheffield are split into two main areas:
* Inner city (terraces etc.)
* Outer city (semi-detached, estates etc.)
The inner city is packed with terraced houses and was originally used for factory workers as the factories were built near them; examples of these places are Darnall and Wincobank. These areas are very closed in so the community are likely to know each other. Terraced houses have no gardens and are square but many people in these areas have upgraded their homes by installing double-glazing and bay windows.
The other type of environment was in Ecclesall these houses were mainly detached or semi-detached leaving room for gardens, drives and garages. These houses are on long roads rather than all bunched up together on a small one, the houses were also bigger, There were also some shops only a five minutes walk away from the main housing area. The traffic and noise pollution was very low probably due to the fact that there were no main roads in this area.
