Which Geographical Concept?Match the Geographical Concept with the correct reason for population changes in London.

To do with geography

An Idea

1. The rapid change in transport technology which meant that the ships increased in size and could no longer fi t into the inner London Ports.

Change, Accessibility

2. Counter-urbanisation. People no longer wanted to live in a large city and wanted to have more space and live in the countryside. Due to improvements in transportation they could still travel to work every day.

Process, Location, Accessibility, Change

3. I mprovements in transport meant that London could grow outside of the central city as people could travel into the city to work.

Accessibility, Distance, Change

4. Due to the large amount of I ndustry in London and the lack of restrictions on what could be burnt, the city suff ered f rom bad f ogs during the early 1950s.

Perception, Process (urbanisation)

5. As large numbers of f actories developed in London it attracted more people to the city looking f or work. I t also encouraged more f actories to be built in the city.

Process (cumulative causation), Change, Location, Accessibility

6. People decided to move to the city of London f rom I reland and other countries in the Commonwealth looking f or work.

Process (Migration), Perception

7. London was the centre of a large Empire and ships and visitors arrived f rom all over the world.

Perception

So what has happened in London recently?

The Perception of London changedhttp://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd11cRuljMk

Tourism!

Regeneration.Renewing and rebuilding an area to improve it.

Migration – people moving from other areas of the UK and the world in search of jobs in London.

Task – Produce a Mind Map to show all the things that have caused the population of London to change in the last 400 years.

Make sure you include the following things;Migration, Transport Improvements, Industrial Revolution, Perception, Pollution, World War II, Counter-urbanisation, Cumulative causation, The Greenbelt, Tourism, Regeneration, Technological developments……

What has caused the population of London to

change?