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
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Social ethnic proportions

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½ residents are white, second largest ethnic group is Asian (Vietnam)

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average income and is this above national average

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86,500 annually and yes

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How many have degree level qualifications?

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65.8% have degree level

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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
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