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because people tend to buy the most expensive property they can afford there is
housing segregation in UK cities - seperation according to wealth
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House prices and rents were lower in the
inner cities and these became the poor housing
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what are the enviornmental problems in the inner city
- housing is either old terraces or cheap tower blocks
- many derelict buildings - factories , warehouses , chruches , houses and flats - often vandalised
- shortage of open space ; most of what exists is wasteland
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what are the social porblens in the inner city
- above average numbers of pensioners , single-parent families , ethnic minorities and students
- poorer than average levels of health , but higher than average levels of drug abuse and crime
- difficult police community relations
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what are the economic problems in the inner city
- local employment declined as industries and docks closed
- higher than average rates of unemployment , especially for the young and ethnic minorities
- low income and widespread poverty
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among the less well off groups are members of
ethnic minorities , especially recent arrivals in the UK , who find it hardest to obtain well-paid jobs ; this is often due to a combination of lack of qualifications and poor English
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for obvious reasons , new arrivals in the city are pulled towards relatives , friends and areas of familiar culture for language , religion , food etc. As the cultural character of the area continues to change , more of the long term established residents move out. This produces
ethnic segregation , when areas become dominated by particular racial or national groups .
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poverty and dilapidation are seedbeds for
crime , vandelism and drug trafficking . From time to time racial tension and general discontent have flared up into riots
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also inner cities have inherited problems from the bad
planning decisions made in the 1960's , when comprehensive redevelopment was in fashion , which led to widespread clearances of terraced houses and their replacement with high rise flats
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many of the high rise falst were badly built residents complained about
the cold and damp , broken lifts , open staircases taken over by gangs , criminals and drug dealers . Pensioners and mothers with children felt like prisoners in their own homes . Many inner city landscapes were futher blightened by efforts to relieve traffic congestion in city centres which was tackled by using land in inner cities for buildings ring roads , flyovers and urban motorways
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