Urban Dynamics

Towns are changing

• LEDCs and MEDCs devloping differently– Population– Motor car

• Problems in towns have led to varied solutions

Urban decay

• Derelict land, vacant blocks, graffiti etc.• The reflection of a lack of demand for inner city

land which has various causes– Traffic

– Poor quailty buildings

– Expensive land

– Space

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Urban renewal

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Keyterms

• Urban renewal

• Gentirication

• Urban regeneration

How do the following influence regeneration?

• Appearance

• Culture

• Populations

• Crime

• Media

Suburbanisation

Decentralisation

Urban sprawl

Urban consolidation

Counterurbanisation

• New towns

• New villages?

• Exurbanisation

• Urban blight

Urban village

• Communities or spatial exclusion