HSIE Teachers - HSC Geography: Urban Places
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World cities - London case study

Relevant websites:
World Cities Culture Report - London
Campaigners fight to save London from 230 more sky scrapers.
How is London's skyline going to change? Interactive
London named most popular city in the world.
London's train network


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A centre of the economy 

- Service industries account for 60% of total employment (banking, insurance, civil service, transportation, education, food and drink, publishing, retailing, tourism, etc).
- Greater London possesses the country’s greatest concentration of professional, technical, and administrative occupations, as well as the highest average income in Britain.

Centre of production

The Port of London, the major docks of which are located just downstream from London Bridge, provides access to raw materials and markets. London is one of Europe’s largest sea ports and handles virtually every type of commodity and cargo.

London's Historical Communities, Social Structure and Sewers.
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  • Home
    • Assessment
    • Extended Responses
    • Vocations
  • World Cities
    • Nature, character and spatial distribution
    • Role of world cities
    • Global networks
    • London case study >
      • London transect
      • London Population density maps
      • London- Urban Observatory
      • London: Urban World app
    • Dominance and dependence
    • Regional centres
    • Demise of the small town
  • Megacities
    • Nature, character and spatial distribution
    • Challenges >
      • Extended Response Activity
    • Responses to challenges
    • Mexico City >
      • Mexico City cloze passage
  • Urban Dynamics
    • Urban dynamics of change
    • Case study: Sydney >
      • Sydney - Urban Dynamics
      • Advantage and disadvantage
      • Economic Character Research lesson >
        • Economic Character Research lesson
      • Sydney - Culture of place
      • Sydney - Growth
      • Sydney - Sustainability
  • Skills
  • HSIETeachers