The Story of Dublin Understand and take in but you don’t have to learn all that we read.
I will be able to: 1.Say what “Urbanisation” means. 2.Give examples of “Economic Activities “Administrative Activities” and “Social Activities” that bring about development of a town or city. 3.Name the 6 stages in Dublin’s development.
Urbanisation Growth in the number and sizes of urban areas. What is an urban area?
Economic Activities Taking raw materials, making products, selling them. Transportation. Services –Banking, insurance etc. TRADING GOODS AND SERVICES
Administrative Government Taxation – revenue commissioners Passports, licences, grants, etc. County Councils water management etc.
Social Activities Provision of housing and community services and leisure facilities. Theatre, cinema, sports centres, stadiums, tennis/soccer/golf clubs.
Dublin
1. Vikings Black pool – deep – long boats. Dubh linn When? By the 10 th Century or by 900 AD Viking Discovery Tour – amphibious vehicle.
2. Normans Took control in 1170 By 1300s it was surrounded by a stone wall and Dublin Castle was built. Important port for trade with England. Medievl – narrow streets,
3. Georgian Dublin Why georgian? 1700s Walls knocked Wider streets Elegant squares Canals for trade Manufacturing – the liberties.
s Wealthy moved from city centre Act of Union Dublin declined Slum areas Famine
s Rapid growth Economic – railway, port, manufacturing, banks, businesses. Social – rural to urban migration and expansion of Dublin outwards. Administrative – after Trying to move civil service out into other counties.
Administrative not all in Dublin anymore Decentralisation Ballina – Dep of Environment and RSA Sligo – Dep of Social and Family Affairs. Athlone – Dep of Education and Science.
And today……. 1/3 population Primate cities.
Urban Sprawl The growth of suburbs. Cities taking over countryside.
QUESTIONS 2008 HL SQ 17
2000 Short question 10B Urban Sprawl is: The spread of the city into surrounding countryside. A rapid increase in the numner of tall builkings in a city. The growth of a city’s traffic. The fast growth of a city’s population.
2006 Long Questions