How Has Suburbanisation Changed Sydney
Suburbanisation: the movement of people, employment and facilities away from the inner cities towards outer urban areas.
How has Suburbanisation changed Sydney?
Urbanisation:
Is the process by which the proportion of a country’s population in urban areas increases.
The original settlement for Sydney was Sydney Cove.
Stage 1: 1788-1860 (walk to work)
80,000 lived in Sydney.
People had to live near workplaces. Residential areas at the time included The Rocks, Woolloomooloo and Pyrmont.
Stage 2: 1860-90 (the railway era) By 1880, Sydney had spread south and west. This suburbanisation was made possible by:
Development of the tramways
Development of the railways
With the opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932, suburbanisation spread
How has Suburbanisation changed Sydney?
Urbanisation:
Is the process by which the proportion of a country’s population in urban areas increases.
The original settlement for Sydney was Sydney Cove.
Stage 1: 1788-1860 (walk to work)
80,000 lived in Sydney.
People had to live near workplaces. Residential areas at the time included The Rocks, Woolloomooloo and Pyrmont.
Stage 2: 1860-90 (the railway era) By 1880, Sydney had spread south and west. This suburbanisation was made possible by:
Development of the tramways
Development of the railways
With the opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932, suburbanisation spread