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The Story of Dublin

The Story of Dublin. Understand and take in but you don’t have to learn all that we read. I will be able to:. Say what “ Urbanisation ” means. Give examples of “ Economic Activities “ Administrative Activities” and “ Social Activities ” that bring about development of a town or city.

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The Story of Dublin

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  1. The Story of Dublin Understand and take in but you don’t have to learn all that we read.

  2. I will be able to: • Say what “Urbanisation” means. • Give examples of “Economic Activities “Administrative Activities” and “Social Activities” that bring about development of a town or city. • Name the 6 stages in Dublin’s development.

  3. Urbanisation Growth in the number and sizes of urban areas. What is an urban area?

  4. Economic Activities • Taking raw materials, making products, selling them. • Transportation. • Services • Banking, insurance etc. TRADING GOODS AND SERVICES

  5. Administrative • Government • Taxation – revenue commissioners • Passports, licences, grants, etc. • County Councils water management etc.

  6. Social Activities Provision of housing and community services and leisure facilities. Theatre, cinema, sports centres, stadiums, tennis/soccer/golf clubs.

  7. Dublin

  8. Dublin

  9. 1. Vikings • Black pool – deep – long boats. • Dubh linn • When? • By the 10th Century or by 900 AD • Viking Discovery Tour – amphibious vehicle.

  10. 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,

  11. 3. Georgian Dublin • Why georgian? • 1700s • Walls knocked • Wider streets • Elegant squares • Canals for trade • Manufacturing – the liberties.

  12. 4. 1800s • Wealthy moved from city centre. • 1800 Act of Union • Dublin declined • Slum areas • Famine

  13. 5. 1900s • Rapid growth • Economic – railway, port, manufacturing, banks, businesses. • Social – rural to urban migration and expansion of Dublin outwards. • Administrative – after 1921. • Trying to move civil service out into other counties.

  14. 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.

  15. And today……. • 1/3 population • Primate cities.

  16. Urban Sprawl • The growth of suburbs. • Cities taking over countryside.

  17. QUESTIONS 2008 HL SQ 17

  18. 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.

  19. 2006 Long Questions

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