Aeroplane Car
Doctors Hospitals
Friends & Family
Quality Of Life Also Depends On Health Problems E.G Asthma, Heart Disease, Obesity Etc. Can Have Huge Impacts On Someone’s Life.
Quality Of Life Is Defined As…..
Social Environment – Things That Influence Our Happiness
Built Environment – Manmade Features e.g. Housing, Roads
Economic Environment – Referring to how much money you have
Terraced Semi-Detached
A row of houses joined together Two houses joined together .
Detached Bungalow
One house standing alone One story (No Upstairs)
Flats Apartment
High rise buildings with lots of Around 2 rooms joined on
living areas top of each other
Housing Tenure-The Condition in which a household inhabits it’s home.
Owner Occupied-Either owned outright or have a loan or mortgage
Council Housing-Tenants pay council rent to keep housing. Usually given groups of people most needed.
Social Housing- Tenants pay rent to charitable trust. Usually given to people most needed for shelter e.g. elderly.
Private Rented-Rented from a private landlord or letting agency.
Gatekeepers-Decision makers in housing market e.g. bank managers, estate agents etc. Important decisions in allocations to housing in families.
Elderly People Disabilites
Family Size
Location
Income
Students having to rent
Single Parents
Urban land use models
Concentric Model (Burgess) Sector Model (Hoyt)
The closer you go in to the CBD, the more expensive land costs. This is mainly because the central business district is more accessible than any where else so there is competition for commercial shops. This is mainly why buildings tend to be built upwards instead of outwards, because it’s cheaper.
Instead Of
KEY TERMS
CBD - Commercial part of town or city with highest land costs
Inner City – Mostly older housing and light industry
Suburbs – Residential area of town or city in outer edge of the city
Rural Urban Fringe – A mix between countryside and little residents
Urbanisation – Increase of people living in towns or cities
Urban Sprawl – Unplanned and uncontrolled growth of urban areas in countryside
Greenfield Sites – Countryside not yet built upon
Greenbelt – Area of land around an urban area where the housing and industry is restricted and countryside is protected
Brownfield Site – Disused and derelict land in Urban Area available for redevelopment
Urban Redevelopment – Total clearance of old inner city and re built with mainly high rise flats
Urban Regeneration – Improvement of old inner city and new amenities to houses
There are many reasons for the demand for housing in Britain increasing:-
- Divorce rate increasing
- Population Growing
- Higher life expectancy
- Young adults leaving home earlier than before
These housing shortages create conflict and raise economic and environmental issues.
Brownfield & Greenfield Sites
4.1 million New homes need to be built by 2016. These houses are going to be built mainly on Brownfield sites and Greenfield site, 60% on derelict Brownfield sites and 40% on Greenfield sites
325,000 of the 4.1million homes are going to be built in London and South East England.
There are 10,000 homes going to be built in the greenbelt of West Stevenage.
Why Build On Brownfield Sites?
Environmentalist argued that:
- There a 3/4 million homes unoccupied in cities.
- 1.3 houses could be made by splitting up large houses and using above shops
- 1.3 million built on vacant and derelict land
- 1/3 million houses using old industrial/commercial premises e.g. Plaza
- Urban living reduces needs use cars to go to CBD
Why Build On Greenfield Sites?
Developers claim that:
- People would like their own home with a garden and driveway.
- There is a better quality of life in rural areas.
- Land is cheaper to build on in rural areas.
If they do build on the Greenbelt of West Stevenage……
- only 27.5% of the 10,000 will be affordable dwellings
- there will be 37 dwellings per hectare instead of planned 30 per hectare
- Building will be on Greenfield land
