London As A Case Study: London

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INTRODUCTION
Situated on the banks of river Thames, London is spread over an urban area of 1737.9 sq. km., having a population of 8,630,000 and density of 5490 ppl/sq.km. (Wikipedia (2011) Greater London Built-up Area. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_London_Built-up_Area [Accessed 11 September 2015]). It has developed into a global city which has strengthened its base into almost all the sectors ranging from arts and commerce to tourism and transport.
REASON FOR SELECTING LONDON AS A CASE STUDY
Following are the pointers considered for selecting London as a case study:
 London has a vast history which talks about major 8 time periods. This will help in identifying the areas which triggered the urban transformation. …show more content…

Four new Provinces were formed for which London was declared as a capital for one of them. The Emperor also declared London to be the financial centre and home of treasury of Britain. After this the Emperor got killed and the new Emperor besieged and plundered London. Meanwhile the dead Emperor’s General arrived and saved the city from new Emperor and reunited Britain with Rome. At the end of this era, the Emperor gave away his responsibilities to the British Province and then the defence and all other heads were administered by British Province.
Thus, this period saw many rises and fall of London and can be considered as an important period as at the end it has been able to mark the development and formation of London as an important city of the historic period.
Dark Age(5th Century)
A lot is not known about this age. Although the highlights of this age are that inhabitants used Roman coins, from the previous century, imported amphora jars in large quantities which were exported from Eastern Mediterranean. This trade with another Empire stress’s on recovery of London as a centre for commerce. But the situation during that period around the world was such that in return exports, it was slaves who were received. The city was named as ‘Caer-Lundien’, which is the late Celtic

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