Why did the london tube map become ’an iconic image of london’? The Tube Map‚ formally known as the London underground map‚ is the map which represents the lines and stations of the London Underground - London’s rapid rail transit system. It is a simplified map which is not strictly accurate in terms of geography‚ but effectively shows the relative position of stations through the graphical approach using representation of artificially straitened route lines which are placed vertical‚ horizontal
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Hello‚ Caron! I heard you’re going to London these holidays! Oh‚ I must confess that you’re stealing the dream of my life! I’m getting a bit jealous because I still don’t have an opportunity to go there. But anyway‚ it’s great that you’ re (visiting/going to visit) this amazing country! And I’d like to advise you some places to visit as I spent a lot of time reading about this ancient city. As you know‚ London is divided into 32 boroughs and the City. From another hand it is divided into 4
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London Heathrow Airport. London’s Heathrow is one of the world’s busiest airports. It is used by over 90 airlines flying to 170 destinations worldwide. The airport has five passenger terminals and a cargo terminal. In the 1950s‚ Heathrow had six runways‚ now it has just two parallel runways running east-west. Heathrow has witnessed strong growth over recent decades‚ currently handling 68 million passengers and 477‚000 flights a year compared to around 48 million passengers and 427‚000 flights
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The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London in the United Kingdom. As of December 2011[update]‚ the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.266 trillion (short scale)‚ making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement (and the largest in Europe).[2] The Exchange was founded in 1801 and its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul ’s Cathedral in the City of London. The Exchange is part of the London Stock
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THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON The Great Fire of London was a disaster that spread throughout the City of London in September 1666. Preceded by bubonic plague which struck England in 1665‚ the fire was another disastrous event that threatened Londoners in the seventeenth century. Medieval in its street plan‚ the City of London with timber buildings and very narrow streets had been threatened by several minor fires before. Yet the risk of the fire of 1666 was increased by a long period of severe drought
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The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London‚ from Sunday‚ 2 September to Wednesday‚ 5 September 1666.[1] The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City Wall. It threatened‚ but did not reach‚ the aristocratic district of Westminster‚ Charles II’s Palace of Whitehall‚ and most of the suburban slums.[2] It consumed 13‚200 houses‚ 87 parish churches‚ St. Paul’s Cathedral‚ and most of the buildings of the
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The Affects of Regionalism on the Works of Jack London In 1903‚ Jack London published his novel Call of the Wild‚ and with it made his mark on literature in America and achieved worldwide acclaim. It’s a story of a dog named Buck‚ who was snatched from his luxurious home in Santa Clara‚ California‚ and transported to the Yukon Territory to work as a labor dog during the Klondike gold rush in 1897. Buck assimilates to survive among abusive men and vicious dogs‚ and in the process he discovers
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PESTEL model of the London Transport Market: Political: Transport for London (TFL) is an executive agency of GLA the top-tier administrative body and controls the majority of public transport in London (the Underground‚ buses‚ tramlink‚ the Docklands Light Railway‚ and rail services. TfL also controls most major roads in London. Economic: The government provides financial assistance to support environmental and sustainable projects. They are also lot of investments for ameliorate the transports
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Re-urbanisation is the process that people are moving back into the city from the suburb. It is a common process in some parts of the world especially in MEDCs. London Docklands would be a typical example. Pull factors of London Docklands: After the London Docklands Regeneration Program in 1981 by London Docklands Development Corporation. Docklands was no longer a zone of discard and instead‚ it became the home of more than 1120 million pounds public-sector and 8420 million pounds private-sector
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conformance to costumer expectations” (Slack‚ Chambers & Johnston 2010 pg 40) Quality for the London eye could mean designing a structure that provides a bird’s eye view of London. Quality could also mean a high design of their processes‚ including ensuring that all 32 capsules are cleaned‚ staff are well trained in health and safety and are always professional at all times. Quality also means the London eye is safe and reliable. Quality also means that the timed admissions booking systems (TABS)
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