How Does The Greater London Area Develop

The capital city of England is London. It is also the most populous city in England and the U.K. London is one of the leading global cities in the world, with strengths in art, healthcare, media, tourism as well as research and development. Furthermore, London is also one of the world’s leading financial centres.

In place of tall, high-density towers, suggestions have been made by some heritage groups for the construction of a greater number of smaller and more compact high-density buildings. Even though smaller buildings would help to preserve the views of London's major landmarks, they would not be built in the best interest of the city. Since there is a lack of available land in the city and low rise, high-density complexes require more land than tall, high-density towers, the only way to construct these developments would be to expand outward. An outward expansion would not only be expensive, requiring a development of infrastructure in those areas strong enough to support new businesses, but almost entirely impractical due to London's poor transport system. Even though half a million London workers live in the suburbs and depend on the radial rail system that links them to the center of the city, the system as a whole is expensive, heavily congested and wasteful; it

Closely associated with the process of globalisation is the notion of ‘World cities’. World cities are those such as London, New York and Tokyo where urban function has moved beyond the national scale to become a part of the international and global system. They are centres of culture, economics, employment, tourism, transport and communications and have been referred to as the command centres of the World’s borderless economy.

Both empires found great power and peaked at some point in their long reign, but with every great empire comes an end. According to the New World Encyclopedia, The British Empire was the most extensive empire in world history for a time as the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery, which began with the global maritime explorations of Portugal and Spain in the late fifteenth century. According to the Ancient History Encyclopedia, The Roman

Throughout history there has been times when empire building and expansion were very popular. During the Early Modern Era, from 1450-1750, this occurred a lot. The European, Russian, Chinese, Mughal and, Ottoman empires were all being built around the same time. An empire is a group of states or countries under one supreme ruler. When the empire is divided by an ocean or has part of it distant from the other, the part away from the mainland is known as a colony and the homeland is the Mother Country.

spanned around the globe. Britain’s colonial empire, in the making since the early 1700’s, still

A world city is a large city that has been outstripped its natural urban network and become part of an international global system. World cities have become the central connecting point for the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections that sustain the contemporary world economy, and its social and political systems. According to the 2004 GaWC studies world cities can be ranked based on their provision of ‘advanced producer services’ such as accountancy, advertising, finance and law. In 2008 the rankings according to the GaWC determined that London and New York were Alpha ++ cities whilst Sydney, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore were Alpha

Greater London, located in the south-east of England, is the top administrative subdivision covering London, England [1]. It has been covering the City of London and all 32 boroughs since 1965 which was when the administrative area was officially created [1]. It is the largest and most populated city in the European Union with an area of 1,579 km² and a population of 7,512,400 (mid 2006) [2][3][4]. For the remainder of this document, Greater London will be referred to as London.

Around 50 AD, the Romans built and constructed one of the most economically successful and diverse cities in the world today, known to us as modern day London. In the course of its construction and rule under the Roman Empire, the city was known as Londinium. The Romans controlled London from around 50-410 AD, “a period as long as that which separates Queen Elizabeth I from our present Queen”, during which Londinium was one of the largest trading ports in the world. (Museum of London; 2012) Roman Londinium overcame many obstacles in terms of invasions and battles, but the city reestablished itself numerous times in order to advance and modernize throughout the years. After being rebuilt around 70 AD due to an invasion, Londinium “replaced Colchester as the capitol of Roman Britain” because of the quick expansion and economic prosper the city was able to produce. (p. 21; London: A Social History, Porter, R. 1994) Although the city was subject to numerous unfortunate events, it quickly became the largest and most industrious city in Britannia.

The city of London has originated since Roman times, and is a now a modern center and a capital city that has become one of the most important financial and cultural centers of Europe as well as the rest of Europe. As a center of European culture, London has been presented with many influences, periods of movement, and revolutionary ideas that would shape London and influence other parts of the world as well. The history of London has been been influenced by many outer forces that have shaped and transformed much of the culture and the city itself. Founded by Romans in 43 AD, London was originally named Londinium. Originally covering only a small area, Romans planned to increase the size of London and the city grew rapidly over decades.

The city of London was a city of surprising sights. The streets were horribly overcrowded slums where people lived in the worst conditions imaginable. The population rose during the 19th century, from about 1 million in 1800 to over 6 million a century later. This growth far exceeded London's ability to look after the basic needs of its citizens. The sanitation was gruesome and was full of human and animal waste causing lots of infectious diseases such as typhoid and cholera which spread quickly due to the cramp conditions.

Finally, London had an increased population. The over population was a factor in which the houses were built poorly. In the text it said the population went from 675,000 in 1750 to 900,000 in just 50 years. They had “poor holes” where they would put multiple coffins in them and they didn’t cover them until they were completely full which left a horrible smell the priest would usually have to conduct the ceremony from a comfortable distance. Therefore, even though there were many deaths there was still an increased population.

London boroughs have populations of around 150,000 to 300,000. Inner London boroughs tend to be smaller, in both population and area, and more densely populated than Outer London boroughs. The London boroughs were created by combining groups of former local government units. A review undertaken between 1987 and

By 1842 London was the modern mega city of the world. For some of her 2.5 million inhabitants it was an exciting, fashionable and thriving metropolis. For many it was a city of squalor, decay, epidemics and early death and the disposal of the dead was becoming an increasing problem for the living.

The City of London sometimes referred to as ‘the square mile’ denotes the area within the original old walled city built by the Romans in about AD50.1 One can still see evidence of roman heritage by visiting the London wall, built in around 200AD or the only roman built amphitheatre, which is located under the Guildhall art gallery. 2 Today the City of London is considered one of the leading international business and financial centres of the