What Are The Changes In Urban Areas
Decentralisation of retail and other services is killing central urban areas. Discuss with references to areas you have studied. (40 marks)
The decentralisation of retail and other services has had a major impact on urban areas. Over time shopping has changed from high streets filled with different types of shops and services selling only one type of product such as electronics or food in the 1970s. To the 2000s in which we can buy anything we want all under one roof. Shopping has become a day out for the family, with the ability to eat under the same roof as the shopping in a food court. Entertainment such as going to the cinema also became something you would go to an out of town shopping centre for. These out of town shopping centres have impacted urban areas around the country causing urban decline. Urban decline is when an area becomes deprived due to lack of investment and maintenance. This is usually the result of industries relocating to cheaper, larger areas in more rural areas, leaving people unemployed. The more affluent people then follow …show more content…
The Trafford centre is a huge out of town shopping centre located off of the M60 at junctions 9 and 10 in Manchester. This shopping centre opened in 1998 and planned to be more than a shopping centre with a 1600 seat food court, laser quest and a 20 screen cinema. This encouraged families to spend the entire day at the Trafford Centre as they could shop, eat and seek further entertainment. This meant that people are more inclined to go to an out of town shopping centre over a high street, as it is more worth the journey and time. This was killing off the Manchester high street because it was losing a large number of its footfall, therefore decreasing the amount of profit the shops could
The decentralisation of retail and other services has had a major impact on urban areas. Over time shopping has changed from high streets filled with different types of shops and services selling only one type of product such as electronics or food in the 1970s. To the 2000s in which we can buy anything we want all under one roof. Shopping has become a day out for the family, with the ability to eat under the same roof as the shopping in a food court. Entertainment such as going to the cinema also became something you would go to an out of town shopping centre for. These out of town shopping centres have impacted urban areas around the country causing urban decline. Urban decline is when an area becomes deprived due to lack of investment and maintenance. This is usually the result of industries relocating to cheaper, larger areas in more rural areas, leaving people unemployed. The more affluent people then follow …show more content…
The Trafford centre is a huge out of town shopping centre located off of the M60 at junctions 9 and 10 in Manchester. This shopping centre opened in 1998 and planned to be more than a shopping centre with a 1600 seat food court, laser quest and a 20 screen cinema. This encouraged families to spend the entire day at the Trafford Centre as they could shop, eat and seek further entertainment. This meant that people are more inclined to go to an out of town shopping centre over a high street, as it is more worth the journey and time. This was killing off the Manchester high street because it was losing a large number of its footfall, therefore decreasing the amount of profit the shops could