Greater Glesga
Greater Glesga is an urban settlement in Scotland consistin o aw localities which are pheesically attached tae the ceety o Glesga, formin wi it a single contiguous urban aurie (or conurbation). It does no relate tae municipal govrenment bundaries an its territorial extent is defined bi the General Register Office for Scotland, which determines settlements in Scotland for census an statistical purposes. Greater Glesga haed a population o 1,199,629 at the 2001 census[1] makkin it the lairgest urban aurie in Scotland an the fift lairgest in the Unitit Kinrick.[2]
In addition tae being the name o this true conurbation, the term Greater Glesga is informally (an confusingly) uised tae refer tae the general aurie surroondin the Ceety o Glesga. Despite this, Greater Glesga shoud no housomeivver be confused wi the wider Glesga Ceety Region, which consists o Glesga Ceety Cooncil an 7 surroondin local authorities in their entireties, thus includin no anerlie the Greater Glesga urban settlement but an aa ither settlements fully detached frae it. This ceety-region is describit as a metropolitan aurie bi its awn strategic plannin authority, an is similar tae the Glesga metropolitan aurie identifeed bi the European Union.
The Ceety o Glesga in the late 19t an early 20t centuries grew tae haein a population o ower ane million fowk an wis the third ceety in Europe tae reach ane million, efter Lunnon an Paris.[3] The offeecial population stayed well ower ane million for mair than 50 years.[4] Housomeivver, in the 1960s lairge-scale relocation tae new touns in the suburban aurie o the ceety an mony bundary chynges syne then hae reduced the population o the core Ceety o Glesga cooncil aurie tae 580,690 (August 2007).[5]
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[edit] Greater Glesga urban aurie
The Urban Aurie, an aa kent as the Glesga settlement, includes the follaein localities:
| Settlement | Population
(1991 Census) |
Population
(2001 Census)[6] |
|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | 36,842 | 36,326 |
| Bargeddie | 2,325 | 2,144 |
| Barrheid | 16,753 | 17,244 |
| Bearsden | 27,707 | 27,967 |
| Bellshill | 21,624 | 20,705 |
| Bishopbriggs | 23,825 | 23,118 |
| Bothwell | 6,542 | 6,379 |
| Busby | 1,617 | 1,654 |
| Calderbank | 1,709 | 1,663 |
| Cambuslang | 23,212 | 24,500 |
| Carfin | 1,226 | 1,048 |
| Chapelhall | 4,405 | 5,214 |
| Clairkstoun | 18,899 | 19,136 |
| Clydebank | 29,171 | 29,858 |
| Coatbrig | 43,467 | 41,170 |
| Duntocher an Hardgate | 7,882 | 7,301 |
| Elderslie | 5,166 | 5,180 |
| Erskine | 15,166 | 15,347 |
| Faifley | 6,087 | 4,932 |
| Giffnock | 16,190 | 16,178 |
| Glesga | 658,379 | 629,501 |
| Holytoun | 5,648 | 5,483 |
| Howwid | 1,036 | 1,502 |
| Johnstone | 18,280 | 16,468 |
| Kilbarchan | 3,710 | 3,622 |
| Linwid | 10,183 | 9,058 |
| Milngavie | 11,992 | 12,795 |
| Miltoun | 1,079 | 986 |
| Mitherwall | 30,769 | 30,311 |
| New Stevenstoun | 3,287 | 4,108 |
| Newarthill | 6,585 | 6,849 |
| Newmains | 5,878 | 5,329 |
| Newtoun Mearns | 19,342 | 22,637 |
| Auld Kilpatrick | 2,408 | 3,199 |
| Paisley | 73,925 | 74,170 |
| Renfrew | 20,764 | 20,251 |
| Ruglen | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Stepps | 4,942 | 4,802 |
| Uddinstoun | 5,367 | 5,576 |
| Viewpark | 15,044 | 15,841 |
| Wishae | 29,574 | 28,565 |
[edit] Transport
In 1973, the Greater Glesga Passenger Transport Executive wis creatit tae take ower control o Glesga Corporation Transport (which includit the Glesga Subway). Follaein local govrenment reorganisation in 1975, control subsequently passed tae Strathclyde Regional Cooncil. The former PTE is nou the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, athin Transport Scotland.
The Glesga conurbation is served bi the lairgest urban rail netwirk in the UK ootside o Lunnon,[7] wi 186 rail stations in the Greater Glaega aurie. The ceety is served bi the anerlie metro seestem in Scotland, the Glesga Subway; an bi twa internaitional airports, Glesga Prestwick Internaitional Airport[8] and Glasgow International Airport.[9]
[edit] Postal Codes
Follaein the local govrenment bundary chynges in 1996 an the creation o unitary cooncils in Scotland, replacin the umwhile regional an destrict cooncils, the Greater Glesga Settlement Aurie or Urban Aurie wis creatit for the 2001 Census frae groups o neighbourin urban postcodes grouped so that each group o postcode unit contains at least a given number o addresses per unit aurie, an the group contains at least 500 residents.
[edit] Glesga Ceety Region
The Glesga Ceety Region,[10] is a collection o local authorities clustered aroond Glesga.[11] The aicht constituent authorities are:
- Glesga
- East Dunbartonshire
- Wast Dunbartonshire
- North Lanrikshire
- Sooth Lanrikshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Renfrewshire
- Inverclyde
The estimated population o this aurie in 2007 wis 1,750,500.[5] The ceety region is no a conurbation as significant pairts o the cooncil auries (an the whole o Inverclyde) are separatit frae Greater Glesga bi open kintraside. It uises numerous ither terms for itsel, includin Metropolitan Glesga,[10] the metropolitan Ceety-Region o Glesga"[12] an Glesga an the Clyde Valley. The ceety region haes nae single municipal govrenment, the aicht authorities instead form a combined strategic plannin authority.[12]
[edit] Metropolitan Glesga
While the Scots Govrenment maks nae offeecial recognition o 'Metropolitan status' in its wirkins,[13] the term is uised bi ither bodies. The European Union's statistical body Eurostat leets Glesga as the 32nt maist populous metropolitan aurie, or Lairger Urban Zones, in the EU.[14] Although no definin the bundaries o this metropolitan aurie, Eurostat state it consists "o ower 1.7 million inhabitants coverin an aurie o 3,346 km2".,[15] which is similar tae the 1.75 million population o the Glesga Ceety Region an mey suggest a correlation atween the twa. The Glesga Ceety Region's strategic development authority describes itsel as the plannin authority for the "Glesga metropolitan aurie"[16] an the "metropolitan ceety-region o Glesga".[12]
The umwhile local govrenment region o Strathclyde haes an aa been identifeed as a metropolitan aurie surroondin the Greater Glesga conurbation, an covers approximately 2.3 million fowk, 41% o Scotland's population.[17]
[edit] References
- ↑ Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland. General Register Office for Scotland. Retrieved on 8 September 2008. .
- ↑ The UK’s major urban areas Office for National Statistics, 2005
- ↑ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Visitors/Architecture/Bridges
- ↑ Glasgow Scotland through time | Population Statistics | Total Population
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 2007 Population Estimates. Retrieved on 16 Januar 2008. .
- ↑ Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland General Register Office for Scotland
- ↑ Rail services in the SPT area
- ↑ Glasgow Prestwick Airport
- ↑ BAA Glasgow: Welcome to Glasgow Airport
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/659BFD70-5C48-46EE-AFEC-19DD7A877B89/0/MetroGlasgow_2008_Lo.pdf glasgow.gov.uk
- ↑ Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan. Retrieved on 8 September 2008. .
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 http://www.gcvcore.gov.uk/gcvsdpa/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/pqa/wa-00/wa0215.htm
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larger_Urban_Zones#List_of_LUZs_by_population
- ↑ http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx
- ↑ http://www.gcvcore.gov.uk/About/about.htm
- ↑ Minister backs SPT on White Paper. Interchange Issue 7. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (September 2004). Archived from the original on 13 Juin 2007. . Retrieved on 9 Julie 2007. .
