Many Factors are Relevant to the Successful Management of Urban Areas. Discuss the Validity of this View

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Many Factors are Relevant to the Successful Management of Urban Areas. Discuss the Validity of this View

Firstly I am going to define what the successful management of urban areas actually is.

In my view, it means to improve and enhance the urban area and its surroundings for example to combat levels of crime and unemployment in various urban areas.

It is important to have the right mix of housing in urban areas to suit the population. In the LEDW there tends to be larger families due to less family planning and the ability for the children to work with their parents on the field. These larger families need larger homes to satisfy their needs. The price of the housing has to suit the family’s income hence the wealthier live in huge mansions whereas the lower income households live in flats and terraced housing (Harehills and Chapeltown in Leeds). This causes a problem because the families in such areas tend to be ethnic minorities on a lower income and with larger families. This brings in the problem of higher crime rates, less chance of a decent job in the surrounding area leading to unemployment and so on. Flats provide homes for the lower income families thus reducing homelessness in urban areas.  

Housing can be built on either Greenfield (never been used before) sites or Brownfield sites which have either derelict buildings or have already been in use. However builders are reluctant to use the Brownfield sites which are becoming more and more available each year  and instead go for Greenfield sites which are more ‘attractive’ and fairly controversial. If more builders built flats and other types of housing on Brownfield sites this would result in more homes for people in the MEDW.

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In the UK the birth rate is falling even thought the demand for housing due to more and more single person households. This is a social trend, that there are an increasing number of divorces in the UK which was unthinkable 50 years ago. The greatest demand for housing is in the South-East where the highly paid jobs in and around the capital have attracted large-scale migration tot the region. This causes conflict on the rural-urban fringe because there simply aren’t enough homes for the amount of people. Because of this conflict, the competition increases resulting in house prices increasing ...

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