Why do you think London is highly densely populated?

Question

Hey this is also for geography homework. PLS PLS PLS dont say anything silly. I really need to do this correctly!!

Answer 1

its easier to immigrate here for non-european people compared to other european countries. also because the u.k s part of the EU lots of Europeans can come here easily for work. The UK is preffered to other eu countries because it pays higher (minimum wage). The recent influx of Polish Builders after poland joined the EU in january is a good example.

Answer 2

Geographically and historically, the Romans came up the River Thames and found a bed of clay on to which they could build, albeit a bit less than secure. They were able to defend the land against attackers from Europe.

In actual fact, for the Romans, London was not the first choice for the capital city. So, really perhaps the question should also be looked at as - if London was NOT the capital city, would it be so densely populated - and why?

I am not going to do your homework for you - but I think that a little help might not go amiss. Pop London into your search engine and there are some really fantastic sites that will give you loads of history and geography details.

For my part, I was born in Fulham and knew London pretty well. Now it is probably so densely populated because it is just a great place to be in - but I doubt that is the answer that you teacher wanted!

Go and do your research!

Answer 3

Over the years London has sprawled due to the building of more and more houses. In the 1930's houses were built with lovely long and wide gardens so that there was a feeling of space. In the 1960's builders were allowed to get away with high density building putting as many as 15 houses on an acre of ground. London also has had the lions share of the work available in the UK and so people wanting well paid jobs moved to London and added to what was already a highly populated area. Companies wanted the London address to impress overseas customers and so more and more jobs were created. All of these jobs required people and so more moved in. London is now so overcrowded that it's borders have effectively moved outwards. Area such as Uxbridge in the west at one time were places in their own right. They are now considered as London. So the population measuring area also increased in size. Hope that is enough to give you some ideas.

Answer 4

London has always been densely populated, as every one wanted to live near their work, be near other businesses, and have good transport and places for play all easy to get to.
Strangely enough, if you go into the city itself (the square mile)during the week, it is jam packed with workers. Go there on a a Sunday, and there is no one there! Crowd wise, it hasn't changed much, either, because there will always be tourists about in the popular places. But there you are - London is like Paris and other interesting places. It does have a lot of unique features, though!

Answer 5

The people need to stay close so they can pass around the one toothbrush in London.
Other than that it could be that this is how the population evolved by living near the center of commerce many years ago, before motorized transportation.
But, I still think it has something to do with the toothbrush, which, if it had been invented elsewhere would have been called the 'teethbrush'.

Answer 6

London has been overcrowded ever since the middle ages when it was named capital of the British Empire, so to speak.

People started moving in from all over the world and people all crowded into the city to trade in the markets.

This was also a cause of the bubonic plague.

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Yes, did you go out around new years time ?

The streets were empty, no overcrowding, empty train carriages, no huge groups of people, no congestion, that is how it should be.

It is overcrowded; just look at the increase in house prices and strain on transport & services.

It is also densely populated, especially in east, south London, due to high rise blocks etc... and many people living in 1 flat.

Answer 8

Do your own homework, otherwise you'll get silly answers like: The population of London is very dense.

Answer 9

London is the capital city of England, many national and inter-national companies have their head office building there. The people who work in these numerous premises want to live close to where they work, consequently every square inch of the capital is populated.

Answer 10

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