4A.10 Assessing the success of regeneration uses a range of measures: economic, demographic, social and environmental.

Question 1

Economic measures can be -

Answer 1

employment, income and poverty

Question 2

Income -

Answer 2

Measuring the increase in average household incomes post-regeneration can indicate economic growth.

Question 3

Poverty -

Answer 3

A reduction in the percentage of the population living below the poverty line within the regenerated area.

Question 4

Employment -

Answer 4

Absolute Change: Increased employment rates and job creation within the area.

Question 5

Social progress can be measured by -

Answer 5

Reductions in inequalities, improvements in social levels of deprivation

Question 6

Reductions in inequalities -

Answer 6

Increased employment rates and job creation within the area.

Question 7

Social measures of deprivation -

Answer 7

Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): Using comprehensive indices that measure various forms of deprivation (income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, and environment). Improvements in these indices post-regeneration indicate social progress.

Question 8

Demographic changes -

Answer 8

Life Expectancy: Increased life expectancy rates suggest better healthcare and living conditions.

Question 9

Environment ways of measuring regeneration -

Answer 9

Living environmental deprivation, reduced pollution levels, reduction in derelict land.