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Question 1

What makes stakeholder’s opinions differ?

Answer 1

• Rural vs urban
• Difference in the meaning of success (could include improvement in leisure, retail, jobs, visitors, housing or biodiversity.

Question 2

What is an example for mixed regeneration?

Answer 2

The Earth Centre, Doncaster

• Rural ex coal mine
• £55 mullion to develop in environmental tourist centre
• Failed to attract audience (shut in 2004).
• Since turned into children outdoor adventure centre.

Question 3

What is an example of community-led regeneration?

Answer 3

• Gower Peninsula, Wales
• Remote rural village dominated by second homes
• 150 locals paid £5000 for community shop, post office and cafe with 30 volunteers.
• Scheme successful for both locals and tourists.

Question 4

What was the Eden Project?

Answer 4

• Consists of two large conservatories

- Transformed the landscape from former China-clay quarry, to a completely re-imagined environment.

Question 5

What are the benefits from the Eden Project?

Answer 5

• £1.1 billion for the Cornish economy.
• 13 million visitors
• 650 employed, as well as supporting 3000 related jobs.
• Encouraged wider investment by the South West.

Question 6

What are the costs of the Eden Project?

Answer 6

• Huge people means traffic
• Also means huge amount of litter and pollution
• Increase in population not ideal for people who moved there for the tranquil atmosphere.

Question 7

What is a disadvantage the Eden project faced?

Answer 7

• Geographical location (rural area)

This meant that there was a lower population density, therefore less people to attract from.
- Also low number of working age population.

Question 8

How can businesses receive more funding?

Answer 8

Convergence funding - aim to raise funding in rural areas, which may include matching funding.

Question 9

What is an example of convergence funding?

Answer 9

Objective one - backed 580 projects with £230 million

Question 10

What are reasons groups agree on the success of a project?

Answer 10

• Potential for the economy to be developed.
• Social benefit possible
• Employment opportunities
• Activities being developed for people.

Question 11

What are reasons groups disagree on the success of a project?

Answer 11

• Environmental damage could take place as a result if activities being developed.

Question 12

What are the different stakeholders in the Cornwall regeneration scheme?

Answer 12

• The EU
• UK central government agency
• Local governments - the elected councils
• Local economy stakeholders
• Environmental stakeholders
• Stakeholders in people

Question 13

What role does the EU play in Cornwall’s regeneration?

Answer 13

Convergence funding has been granted to Cornwall in 1999

Question 14

What role does the UK central government agency play in Cornwall’s regeneration?

Answer 14

• Investment grants have come from the UK government

Question 15

What role does local governments play in Cornwall’s regeneration?

Answer 15

Enterprise zone in Newquay

Question 16

What role does local economy stakeholders play in Cornwall’s regeneration?

Answer 16

Biggest industries in Cornwall are tourism, food and farming - they want greater economic expansion.

Question 17

What role do environmental stakeholders play in Cornwall’s regeneration?

Answer 17

National Trust and English Heritage own large areas of land.

Question 18

What role do stakeholders in people play in Cornwall’s regeneration?

Answer 18

Education e.g. combined universities in Cornwall

Question 19

What regeneration projects took place in Cornwall?

Answer 19

• The Eden Project
• Watergate Bay, Newquay
• Combined Universities in Cornwall
• Wave hub
• Superfast broadband

Question 20

What is Watergate Bay, Newquay?

Answer 20

• Water-sports business which encourages the use of the natural environmental
• employs 50-60 people all year round.
• provides activities for tourists
• also trains 16-24 year olds in the restaurant, preventing the brain drain.

Question 21

What is the Wave Hub?

Answer 21

• Wave energy worth 9 wind turbines
• Doesn’t disrupt the aesthetic of the environment
• High initial costs
• Can disrupt the sea bed.
• 170 jobs
• Alternate power source

Question 22

What is the Combined Universities in Cornwall?

Answer 22

• Cornwall college and Exeter combined to increase available courses
• Increase studentification
• reduces brain drain - people stay in the area.
• ## Diversifies the economy

Question 23

What is Superfast Broadband in Cornwall?

Answer 23

• Scheme which allowed 95% of people in Cornwall to have fibre broadband.
• helps stop brain drain
• Allows people to work from home
• 2000 jobs created.

Question 24

What is an Egan wheel?

Answer 24

A wheel of sustainable development

Question 25

What are the uses of the Egan wheel?

Answer 25

• Can be used to evaluate success of regeneration
• Creates an evaluative scoring system
• Each segment can be extended into a range of question

Question 26

What data source could be used to assess the level of safety?

Answer 26

Crime rate

Question 27

What data source could be used to assess a “thriving local economy”?

Answer 27

Local income (local GDP)

Question 28

What data source can be used to assess the environmental quality?

Answer 28

Pollution levels

EQS survey

Question 29

What data source would you use to assess the level of school services?

Answer 29

OFSTED rating

Question 30

What is the significance of being well connected?

Answer 30

• Good transport links
• Likely to have lots of infrastructure
• Likely to have a high number of TNCs