the uk (london)

where is london? - ANS south east , western europe, northern hemisphere why good site for development - ANS lowest bridging point on thames and at high tide ships were able to navigate up river so city was a port london population - ANS 1/8th of population lives in london and 37% of ethnic minorities that were born outside the UK average age 36 42% of Londoners in 2013 were of a different ethnicity and this may overtake white poole by 2040 distribution of wealth - ANS average earnings 10,000 higher and pricing of housing higher - just under double in the Uk inside london quality of life - ANS higher life expectancy is 1 years higher - for males in London le is 79 but in UK is 78 london globally - ANS headquarters of many large international companies and major british companies media communciatios - ANS BBC radio, BT sports medical facilities - ANS royal london hospital, guys hospital universities - ANS UCL , Kings college , Imperial the london docklands - ANS east of central London canary wharf, the west end, tower bridge and city airport are all included why did the docks decline - ANS increases in ships size meant they could come down the river as far as the isle of dogs as it wasn't deep enough fewer dock workers needed as large cranes could now be used to lift containers cheaper to make foods elsewhere in the world - cheap labour costs growth of finance in london docklands - ANS LDDC set up in 1991 to regenerate docks this attracted private investment- economic opportunities and jobs to replace those lost when docks closed down canary wharf - over 100,000 people work there and this has helped the docklands be established as one of the worlds leading financial centres changing employment in the docklands - ANS number of jobs been rising since 1994 biggest growth in profesional real estate and business services biggest decline in manufacturing what is urban greening - ANS The process of increasing and preserving open space such as public parks and gardens in urban areas. Londons green space - ANS 47% of the city is green space Central London parks, local parks run by council, suburban growth- expansion of london led to the development of suburbs that were built on farmland providing millions of people with new gardens central london parks - ANS Hyde park and Kensington gardens ways of urban greening - ANS living walls, rooftop gardens, train lines- proposed garden bridge across the river Thames