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Chapter 4 : London

I. The urban evolution of London

Fiche “London, a large city undergoing major changes”

To introduce the topic: (Introduction + Fact file)

It's the political city: - The British parliament (House of Lord and House of Communs)

- Buckingham Palace (Queen)

- 10 Downing Street (Price Minister)

WESMINSTER

It's also a financial centre: 3rd stock market in the world (1st NY : Wall street, 2nd Tokyo: Japan)

THE CITY

It's also a trade centre (XIXth Century): English dominate the world from 1815 (Waterloo) to 1914 (1rst World War)

At that time London is the centre of the world

1. Original Site

Little Map of Doc 2

Why ? : - 3 rivers → good for trade

- Marshy land → good for the protection

- 2 important road, One toward the Sea (English channel), second toward the North (York)

Link between the 2 road is the main bridge of London (Thames River)

2. A sprawling agglomeration

Doc 1

3. The question of traffic congestion

doc 4

Main character = Who has to find the solution

The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone “Ken The Red”

(Much more from the left wing of Labour Party then TONY BLAIR) (=Extreme gauche)

Conservative party: Right wing (Churchill, Iron Lady thatcher, David Cameron)

Where he got this idea ?

B, doc 4

- In Australia, with the city of Melbourne

- In Singapore, in south east of Asia The common point of the 3 cities, English

- In Canada, with the coty of Toronto spoken cities. They belong to the Commonwealt

Was it a success ?

Doc4 + Doc5

February 17, 2003 June 10,2004

Before the solution After

Yes, it was more successful than expected

We can guess, that Ken Livingstone, will be reelected Mayor of London

Mayor of London= Ken Livingstone

- 1st success= Congestion dropped – 30%

- Bad news= “Much less successful”

British people pay the toll 80.000.000 ₤ - 40%

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