urbanisation across the UK
enclosure act
series of parliamentary acts 1750 - 1860
stopped rural communities using open, common land to farm
meant that rural households didn't own land so couldn't farm it
tourism
growth of the tourist industry on coastal towns
Blackpool and Brighton
costal town population has increased as increase in number of jobs
oil and natural resources
urban population grew due to new jobs
North Sea Oil deposits - contributed hugely to the growth of Aberdeen as this is where the oil is piped ashore
South Wales in Swansea
river estuaries and ports
eighteenth and nineteenth century, towns located on river estuaries grew due to ports
seventeenth century - Bristol was one of the most important ports in the Uk for trade - creating jobs
industrial revolution
saw England rapidly developing - new jobs - forced people to move to the city in search of better jobs
Manchester's population increase hugely along with Bradfors's
London - political
centre of the Uk government and the decision making
encourages firms and people to move and live nearer the capital
soil quality and land relief
North and West soil is thinner which is harder for farming
rich soil in the south and east means these areas are more densely populated with farming communities
tertirary and quaternary industries
Uk economic growth - focus on transport, health, eduacation, research and development
these factors are strongest in different parts of the UK
London - continued to grow rapidly as it is the centre of these industries