4A.10 Flashcards
How can economic success of a regeneration schemes be measured
- Economic successes of regeneration schemes can be measured using income, poverty and employment data
- These statistics may then be used within the area to compare or used to compare to other more successful areas
- It can come from census data, neighbourhood statistics and historical or current data
What are the positives of using economic measures to evaluate the success of regeneration
- Economic measures may point to successes for certain groups that then point to more general successes
- Economic measures are clear and quantifiable
- The data is often easily accessible
- Economic data can show short and long term changes
What are the cons of looking at economic measures
- Economic measures may only affect the success of a certain group I.e inequality
- Economic success may actually benefit people outside the area as opposed to in it
- Long term success depends on other non-economic factors
What is social progress
Social progress is how an individual/ community has improved their status in society over time
How can social progress be measured
Measures - reduction in inequality, deprivation,demographic changes e.g life expectancy
Collected via : interviews,newspapers, IMD and comparisons between an area/ within an area
What are the pros of these measures
- The IMDs are easily comparable and different social groups are identifiable
- The IMD allows checking of the effects of regeneration on different demographics
- The IMD is also good for targeted regeneration and evaluating overall affect on people
What are the cons of measuring social progress
- social progress is less easily quantifiable
- There is also a lack of link between data and reason for change
What does environmental success measure
-Environmental success evaluates the improvement in the living environment of a place
How can environmental success be measured
Environmental success can be measured looking at
- Reduction in pollution
- Reduction in abandoned/ derelict buildings
This data can be collected from - Photos, pollution indicators and living environment deprivation (an IMD measure)
What are the pros of measuring environmental success in this way
- These measures present qualitative data
- They can refer to a range of environments when assessing (local, global,indoor, outdoor)
What are the negatives of measuring environmental successes of regeneration in this way
- Photo evidence can be interpreted differently and so is subjective
- Pollution levels may vary on times of collection of data so longitudinal studies must be adapted
What was the need for regeneration in Barking and Dagenham
-Dagenham and Barking experienced a spiral of decline after deindustrialisation such as the closure of the ford factory in 2002, cutting 36,800 jobs
Many regeneration projects have been initiated here as a result
How can economic measures be used to measure the need for regeneration in Dagenham
- In Barking and Dagenham LSOA income is in the 2.5th lowest decile
- In Barking and Dagenham IMD is also in the 2.6th lowest decile
-Much of the area has 8.9%-14.7% of households that are deprived, especially in the town centre
(2013)
- In 2015 Dagenham had 27% of residents earning below the London living wage
- In 2015 also it was the ninth most deprived local authority in England
How have social measures being improved in Barking and Dagenham to facilitate social progress
- Dagenham dock has been regenerated from an industrial site to a plastic bottle recycling plant
- Gascoigne estate has a project to create 1500 new homes, along with schools, leisure and retail
- Barking riverside is Londons largest regeneration project, with 7 new residential neighbourhoods,5 new schools and 6000 new jobs by 2020
- Beam park now has 40,000m2 of workplaces , a hotel and a pub
What are the targets to improve environmental measures in Barking and Dagenham
- There are plans to seek improvements to the public transport network
- The council is lobbying for new rail infrastructure and services
- Priorities include a rail link to Barking riverside, a direct rail link between Stratford and Barking to improve connectivity to the regional hub
- Enhancing the capacity of Barking station to reduce overcrowding
- The council is lobbying for new rail infrastructure and services
-The council also aim to improve footpaths,signage and directions to encourage the ‘just walk scheme
How does Barking and Dagenham aim to improve environmental quality in reference to abandoned and derelict land
- Several areas within Barking and Dagenham have undergone heavily regeneration to develop on large areas of derelict land
- This is land that remains from the industrial era when Barking docks held large amounts of land e.g creekmouth industrial site
-Aim is to reduce ‘urban prairie’ and create green spaces and commercial land ect
How can economic success be measured in Barking and Dagenham
- In 2013 the median income in Barking and Dagenham was £517.40 which was higher than Newham which also experienced regeneration at £475.70
- However it was equally lower than Tower Hamlets (contains Canary Wharf) which had a median income of £804.9
