AC - Leeds, UK

Question 1

How is Leeds important within its region?

Answer 1

• Shopping destination for the north of England.
• Several major Universities.
• Centre for arts, with a number of galleries and music venues.
• The football team was previously one of the top teams in the country.

Question 2

How is Leeds important within the country?

Answer 2

• Lies at the heart of a complex of motorways including the M1 and M62.
• London by train in just over 2 hours.
• UK’s 3rd largest manufacturing centre with around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees.
• Economy is worth over £50 billion.

Question 3

How is Leeds important within the wider world?

Answer 3

• Global connections between clothing firms.
• Outsourced factories.
• Good export links.
• Bidding to be the European city of culture in 2023.
• ranked as a gamma world city (characteristics similar to a world city).

Question 4

How has international migration impacted on the character of the city?

Answer 4

• Influx of migrants, including ‘new commonwealth’ immigrants from the Caribbean during the 1950s. - West Indian Carnival with an annual attendance of around 150,000.
• Large Irish community, dating back to the early 19C. - Found work in labouring and manufacturing jobs.

Question 5

How has national migration impacted on the character of the city?

Answer 5

• Many students have cone from around the UK and abroad to study at one of the 2 major universities in the city. - Demand for services. thriving cafe culture and lots of nightlife.

Question 6

What are the ways of life in the city?

Answer 6

• Nightlife.
• Cafe culture.
• Sporting heritage.
• Shopping.
• Surrounded by beautiful Yorkshire Countryside.

Question 7

What are the contemporary challenges that affect life in Leeds?

Answer 7

• Housing crisis.
• Social inequality.
• Student population.
• Air quality.

Question 8

How will The South Bank Regeneration Scheme make the city more socially sustainable?

Answer 8

• Provide over 35,000 jobs.
• Create over 8,000 homes.
• Educational improvements linked to Leeds City College.

Question 9

How will The South Bank Regeneration Scheme make the city more economically sustainable?

Answer 9

• New station for HS2 creating an integrated Leeds Station.

- Develop a global location for investment, attracting firms and skilled workers from across the world.

Question 10

How will The South Bank Regeneration Scheme make the city more environmentally sustainable?

Answer 10

• built on 15 acres of brownfield sites.

- Water taxi and shuttle-bus services will connect the area to the station and reduce carbon emissions.