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Urban Revision

Urban Revision. National 4/5: Human Environments. Housing. Transport. Urban Revision. Retail. Regeneration “Describe the changes that have taken place in the Glasgow Harbour regeneration project”. OS Maps - Glasgow CBD and Suburbs. Pick out features characteristic to the CBD and Suburbs.

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Urban Revision

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  1. Urban Revision National 4/5: Human Environments

  2. Housing Transport Urban Revision Retail Regeneration “Describe the changes that have taken place in the Glasgow Harbour regeneration project”

  3. OS Maps - Glasgow CBD and Suburbs

  4. Pick out features characteristic to the CBD and Suburbs Pages 10-11 Culs-de-sac street pattern, Schools, Parks, Open Space, Outdoor Activities, Minor Roads

  5. Annotate the pictures to describe the problems associated with each type of housing. Page 13 Page 18 Rats, Poor Sewage, Overcrowded, Lack of running water, no electricity, close to factories, pollution, cramped, no open spaces. Poor construction, damp, lack of amenities, isolation, families separated, poor transport, crime

  6. Discuss Glasgow's transport problems and their solutions. Page 26-30 Problems Solutions Construction of New Roads M74 Extension Kingston Bridge Erskine Bridge Improvements to Public Transport More Railway Lines & Stations New link to Glasgow Airport New lines added to Glasgow’s Subway Bus Lanes Improving Traffic Flow in the CBD One way system Traffic Wardens Multi-storey car parks Pedestrianisation of shopping streets • Increasing Car Numbers • Commuters travelling to the CBD for work. • Few bridging points across the River Clyde leading to bottlenecks. • Not enough parking spaces. • Parking on narrow streets obstructing traffic flow.

  7. Describe the characteristics of shopping in the CBD and in out of town retail parks. Out of town shopping centre e.g. Braehead CBD Shopping e.g. Buchanan Street Development of high order e.g. Merchant City Buchanan Street, Argyle Street and Suachiehall Street have become pedestrian precincts. Large shopping centresbuilt in the city centre e.g. St Enoch Centre & Buchanan Galleries. • Located near motorways and main roads. • Plenty of free car parking spaces. • Open late in the evenings. • Large stores due to cheap land prices. • Other leisure activities available e.g. hotels, ten-pin bowling, restaurants. Pages 31-32

  8. Describe the change that have taken place in the Glasgow Harbour regeneration project Use pages from your Urban Booklet and write down key facts and examples of Glasgow’s regeneration project. • A 3km stretch of quayside in Yorkhill and Partick. • Site includes the former Meadowside Granary, redundant shipyards, docklands, warehouses & disused railway. • 120 acres of land will be redeveloped. • £1.2 billion • 2,500 flats, 200,000m2 of office space. • 50,000m2 of retail and leisure developments. • New Transport Museum • 40% will be public space (walkways & cycle paths) Pages 33

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