Stages of Urbanisation

• Spread of Urban Lifestyles

  • city’s role increases in people’s life

• “physical urbanisation” ~> Increasing a city’s numbers, area & population

Reasons

• Industrialisation ~> Movement of workers

Consequences

• Construction of houses

• Overbuilding of areas

• Poor quality of housing

~> Relocation of urban population to the urban surroundings

Reasons

• Raising the standard of living

  • increasing free time

• Need for improved living (own house, more green space, ect…)

  • Better environment for raising kids

• Increased Mobility

• Relocation of jobs to the periphery

• Cinty centre = expensive living costs

  • poor housing situation

• Creation of new residential arean on the outskirts of cities

  • Relieving urban centres in terms of population- & industrial density

• Separation of work and eesidential areas and use of city functions by the inhabitants of the surrounding area

  ~> a lot of commuter traffic

  • Increased traffic ~> Influences the quality of living inside the whole city area

    • Pollution, environemntal stress, driving expenses, waste of time, ect…

    • Overall deterioration of the City Climate

Functional Change of the City

• Out-Migration of people & businesses to the surrounding areas

  ~> Loss of revenue (taxes)

  ~> financial issues of the city, due to them still having to finance a variety of institutions

• Economic weak housholds lagging behind (Poorer people, Migrants, the Elderly & jobless people)

• Urbanisation of former rural areas (cycle continues)