In the 1930’s the population of Glasgow peaked at about 1.1 million people, and for the following fifty years or so remained above one million. However, during the 1960’s the population of Glasgow began to decline, dropping to about 600,000 inhabitants by the start of the new millennium. This was due in part to the major relocation of people to ‘New Towns’ and Glasgow’s peripheral developments, which happened after the clearance of slums and poverty stricken areas such as ‘the Gorbals’. This wholesale break up of deep-rooted communities led to the rise of suburban ‘anti-places’, such as Robroyston. These endless swathes of suburban housing took hold and continue to spread uncontrollably outward, destroying the green belt surrounding the city. If this tumour is not diagnosed swiftly and intelligently then we could potentially end up covering the countryside in a two-storey crust of mediocre cul-de-sacs and not much else.
it's already happened - catch up!
ReplyDeletenow it's the innercity quickbuilds which are causing all kinds of strife - authentic old beuatiful buildings are demolished because they've been neglected and they get bulldozed to make way for the architecture of simpletons to make a quick buck