Urban Geography

Introduction to Urbanisation

Urbanisation – by Dr. Charlotte Lemanski from The Geographical Association on Vimeo.

Age Groups Leaving London

 

 

 

 

 

 

Except for young people in their 20s all age groups are leaving London.

http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2016/06/09/are-londoners-leaving-london-internal-migration-uk/

Is Gentrification always bad?

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jan/16/gentrification-inevitable-bad-urban-change?CMP=twt_gu

https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2015/oct/02/gentrification-business-cereal-cafe-shoreditch?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Anti-Gentrification Postcards

A set of postcards have been created by artist Gram Hileard against the process of Gentrification.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/apr/25/developers-up-yours-gram-hilleards-anti-gentrification-postcards-in-pictures

East London Residents Talking about Gentrification

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/residents-of-fredd-wigg-and-john-walsh-towers-speak-to-vice-102

Curitiba 

A good summary of how Curitiba was turned into a green capital.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/06/story-of-cities-37-mayor-jaime-lerner-curitiba-brazil-green-capital-global-icon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet

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