Developing an understanding of settlement

As mentioned in a previous blog, it is possible to design out crime. This can be done by either adapting an existing area to reduce crime l...

As mentioned previously, the location of crime is important in understanding why crime occurs. Things such as large population (meaning grea...

The final section of the ‘Settlement’ topic is the ‘Geography of Crime’. According to the English dictionary, a crime is an act prohibited ...

Branding is the associations that a person (or people in general) makes with a company, organisation, product, service or individual. Coca ...

Urban design is the process of designing functional, attractive and sustainable urban areas. Urban design focuses on large scale groups of ...

Notting Hill is one of the most famous examples of gentrification. In a BBC article from last year, it was argued that Portobello Road (in N...

The majority of changes in urban areas are due to urbanisation. Urbanisation means an increase in percentage of the population living in ur...