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Urban Sprawl - Coggle Diagram
Urban Sprawl
Problems
- Local businesses suffer as the population leaves during the day and spend money where they work instead of where they live
- Building houses harms the envinronment as the natural habitats are lost
- Loss of local community spirit
- Large numbers of commuters cause traffic congestion
- Traffic congestion can affect the air quality
- Independent stores close down as they struggle to compete with larger chain stores
- New housing developments change the character of previously rural areas
- Demand for housing increases the price of homes - this can force local people out
Hedge End
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- The fastest growing town within Borough of Eastleigh over the last 20 years
- Population of 1,000 in 1950's, 17,978 in 2001, now over 25,000 live in Hedge End
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- M&S and Sainbury Superstore in 1994
- Wellstead Primary School opened in 2008
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Urban Sprawl - The spread of cities outwards towards the countryside, covering greenland (Southampton, Eastleigh)
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Commuter settlements - Places in the rural-urban fringe where the majority of the population leaves the town each day to go work (Boorley park)