4B.4A Flashcards
How were urban places perceived during the industrialisation and name an example
Dangerous and threatening like Victorian London
Why are urban places now perceived as being attractive?
because of their range of economic opportunities and the variety of social and leisure activities that attract young people and migrants.
Sum soho up in 4 bullet points
1) Old reputation for night life / sex industry
2) Has been considerably gentrified
3) Highly fashionable offices / media / restaurants
4) Also historical point for the birth of epidemiology (John Snow and cholera)
State two danger in victorian london
Mainly young males and petty theft, drunkenness and vagrancy
Also prostitution – i.e. victimless, solicitation
Describe health in victorian london
-Cholera / Smallpox / Typhoid were widesspread
- Life expectancy = 37 years
- Poor couldn’t afford doctors – charitable hospitals / workhouse infirmaries.
How was health, crime, housing and recreation improved in victorian london (4)
1) Proper sewage systems on the embankment
2) Met Police was founded in 1829, so better law/order
3) Building new homes for working class
4) Maintained wealthy districts, separately… Regent Street / Piccadilly Circus, new Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Belgravia
Describe how wealth produced in the industrial revolution was distibuted
1) Most wealth went to ‘bourgeosie’, and not to the poor
2 )Households struggled; children were sent to beg / sweep chimneys
Main cause of spread of disease in victorian london
Raw sewage dumped in Thames - bad smell and pollution
Describe industrial revolution
ltos of economic growth, technological advances
How was soho perceived in victorian era
- dangerous (quote two danger points above)
- dirty (cholera, raw sewage in thames)
How is soho perceived now
bohemian place to be: cool location, centre of UK fashion, base of LGBQT+ community in London, West End restaurants and home to visual effects industry in Europe
What has soho’s change led to?
led to real socio-economic change through gentrification.
Define gentrification
Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses to a place.
How can regeneration change perceptions of an urban place
Regeneration of derelict areas will appeal to high income individuals (due to
gentrification) whereas some people would prefer green environmental projects (e.g. BedZed).
For disadvantaged or low income families, inner city areas provide the most affordable social
housing.
