2.9 - Can Dynamic Places Stay Diverse? Flashcards
Tension
Segregation of White/British and Asian people in Southall. Asssimilation between age groups and familiar tension within groups.
Dynamic Places
Places are always changing e.g. there’s going to be land-use change in Tottenham
Tottenham London
Cheap housing/lower middle-working classes
Industrial mini hub e.g. clothing, chemical and small-scale furniture
Bombed heavily in WW2, since housing blocks with gang crime
8th highest unemployment in UK
BAME majority
Conflict
Different players will have different attitudes to the dynamic changes to land-use. This can cause conflict.
Historic Tottenham (Tension)
Riotsl inked to economic/social inequality BAME majority within Tottenham.
What’s Been Done
£28 million investment
Peacocok Industrial Estate Redevelopment
New design companies taking apprentices from local schools
10,000 new homes around Tottenham Hale
Where’s The Threat
Loss of traditional businesses
Afro-Caribbean churches closing
New homes are out of budget and loss of Olympic stadium
Loss Of Conlifct
Social (housing shortage) or economic (low public funding)
Priorities - Profits to TNCs us losts to local resident
Political - Government try to reduce terrorism but aleniate Muslim youth
Economic - Local funding for youth centres/sport has been cut.