- Summaries of 7+ key case studies as required in the A-Level AQA Geography specification for the Contemporary Urban Environments module
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, Urban Forms:
• Town Centre Mixed Developments – Exeter and The Shard
• Cultural and Heritage Quarters – Sheffield Cultural Industries Quarter and Birmingham Jewellery Quarter
• Post Modern Western City – LA
o Fragmented Urban Form (Edge Cities)
o Divided Communities – gated, private, exclusive vs former industrial downtown areas
o Tertiary and quaternary economy
o Flagship development – entertainment industry. Lots of film companies (such as Warner Brothers, Pixar, Disney)
have their HQs in one concentrated area of the city
• Fortress Landscapes – LA
• Edge Cities – LA
o LA has 20 edge cities in its metropolitan area, including Beverly Hills and Anaheim
Gentrified Areas:
Montreal, Canada Brick Lane, London
Why? • Past: traditional Bangladeshi community
• Low cost of living attracts artists, with a vibrant music, film and settled in Brick Lane and Tower Hamlets.
theatre scene Area become known for curry houses
• Also attracts investors and renovators due to Bangladeshi culture.
How? • It has since become an area for hipsters
• Shops have been renovated and resold and high-income businesses
• Led to the opening of more restaurants and chic coffee shops • Increased investment caused rents to
Issues rise so local people and shop owners
• New services becoming unaffordable for locals can’t afford rents so are forced out
• Rents are increasing and Montrealers don’t want to follow in the • Locals also can’t afford new services and
footsteps of cities like Vancouver and Toronto who have goods
experienced gentrification • Increased tourism e.g. Cereal Killer Café
• Fear of loss of identity
Solution
• A new law limiting restaurants came into place in 2016
• new restaurants can’t open up within 25 metres of an existing one
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