3.c Case studies - Northwood California Flashcards
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Population
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21,000 population
1/3 re families with school age children
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Built environment
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- excellent healthcare
- low air pollution
- good shooling with highschools and tertiary education
- well planned city self contained
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Location
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- Northern part of city
- Developed as a fully planned city in 1960’s – edge city
- Developed around ‘villages’
Southern edge of LA conurbation
10km east of Newport Beach
East = Santa Ana Mountains
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Economic conditions
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- well of residents
- median income 86,500 more than national average
- easy access to Irvne employment
- TNC hq for Toshiba
4
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Social ethnic proportions
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½ residents are white, second largest ethnic group is Asian (Vietnam)
5
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average income and is this above national average
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86,500 annually and yes
6
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How many have degree level qualifications?
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65.8% have degree level
7
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Housing
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- Single family houses on large plots of land
- 91% owner occupied
- 2/3 lived there for more than 10 years
- Average household – 2.8 persons
- Wide tree lined streets
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Health conditions
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- Air pollution low even for AC standards due to the fact it is edge of conurbation so away from congestion of centre LA
- Good healthcare → Haog hospital Irvine is run by nationally ranked organisation
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Crime
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area of low crime rates 61% below national average
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The future
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- Rated highly within the best US cities
- Survived economic downturns well – good range of highly paid jobs, access to beach, solid transport infrastructure
