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London paper 2
context
world city, city with importance to world and provides goods for the whole world
9.7 million people
thames river
attracted vodafone, hsbc headquarters
CBD spread across
Important transport link for the entire world, heathrow airport 17 million passengers a year, train lines, waterloo, kings cross and luton airport
flat land surrounding river thames mad it ideal location for trade, transport, ports and water source. transport links came in afterwards
centre hub, foreign investment
sustainability
Bedzed (near sutton), set up in 2001 ,sustainable living, triple glazed windows, promoting public transport, electric charge points and car pool scheme, solar panels, smaller baths, aerators in showers, uses 58% less water
lime bikes, boris bikes
london tree partnership, increases tree cover from 20% to 25%
rubbish collection and organisation
congestion charges, ULEZ
migration
one of the most multicultural cities in the world, india, pakistan, bangladesh
london's population increases from natural increase, arriving internal, international migration
highest number of migrants in england, these are people from china, spain, india
average salary is 10000 pounds more then rest of uk and lots of jobs available
counter urbanisation lower house prices, better for families, bigger green space and less air pollution
inequalities
wage inequalities, large gap between very rich (300000 millionaires living inside the city) and poor/lots of people below minimum wage
Canning Town (decline) earns 75% less compared to people living in richmond (million pound houses)
newham, tower hamlets , barking and dagenham are seeing decline, unemployment, tower block housing
living in worse places usually means lower health, lower education level and more people on benefits. child born in oxford circus has life expectancy of 90 compare to star lane where the life expectancy of a baby.
sources from gcse pod add more info