birmingham Flashcards
what is the UK city name of are case study?
birmingham
name 2 facts about size and name of brum?
-city of 1000 trades
-the Uk’s second largest city
name 2 regional oppurtunities
- bull ring 50,000 job oppurtunities
-6 michilan star reasturants
name 4 international oppurtunities
-banking industries (HSB)
-international airport(goes to around 140 countries)
-commenwealth games
ITS - integrated train system
name 4 national opps
-population growth 12% in 11 years (40% of population under 25)
-redeveloped city centre(bull ring & grand central)
-canals-trade
-5 universities
name 2 cultural hot spots
chinatown & balti triangle
how many vistors does the NEC get each year?
3 million
how many tourists did the commenwealth bring & what were the opps from this?
over 1 million tourists - income for accomidation
-job oppurtuinites
-made Bham more well kown and a place to visit
give 3 pull factors of bham: (good standard of living)
-good health care and life evxpectancy
-5 unis
-job oppurtunities
give 2 pull factors to do with population-
-young vibrant night life 40% of population is under 25
-7,000 international migrants (3/4 of them are between 19-29 = uni )
what is studentification?
note - kind of bad thing
-the affects of having a young population/uni students
e.g loud night life, renting home —-> litter everywhere, poorly maintained, family homes —–> student accomidation leads to deprivation
name 3 econimic oppurtunities?
-34 million people use the station each year(transport
-200 + restaurants and which have 25 diff cuisenes(cultural mix)
-intelligent transport systems for trade and employment
name 2 social job oppurtunities
- rerail bullring(140+ shops) &grand central - employment/cultural festivals
-hippodrome & NEC (3 million vistors a year)
name 2 enviromental opps=
-over 500 parks
-Botanical gardens(tourism, job oppurtunities
give 2 enviromental challenges in bham-
-decrease in greenfield sites as the housing demand is increasing(build on farms/greenland) in 2015 89,000 new houses needed to be built
-waste disposal = in 2015 only 30% of waste was recyled
explain the challenge with housing
INEQUAILTY of housing
-money etc
17,000 people in bham are homeless and 13,000 in temporary council housing
what is urban deprivation?
places with a low standard of living
how is urban deprivation a challenge? (social/economic)
in these areas it leads to: vandalism, poor quality housing, derelict homes and lots of waste
explain the health inequality- —->challenge
(social/economic)
1there is a 6 year life expectancy difference between the most and least deprived areas
-in deprived areas they are 3x more likely to die from preventable diseases
explain the education inequality —> challenge
(social/economic)
-in deprived areas there is 5% more people who aren’t qualified then the national average
-1.3 years behind mentally in deprived areas
what has the challenge of industrialization lead to?
unemployment
what is a brownfield site?
land/site which has previously been built on
give 4 negatives of brownfield sites
-planning laws
-can be more expensive
-not aesthetic
-not a could image(previous buisneses closing down there etc.)
give 3 positives of brownfields?
-infastructure alr there - can reduce costs
—> easily accesible
—-> good trade
- restricts urbanisation
-renewable/sustainable
what is dereliction?
deteriation of inner city caused by a lack of investment/maintenance
-lack of manafacturing-dereliction
name 5 reasons for derlecition x
- de-industrializing
-online shopping/competion
-out sourcing (secondary jobs sent abroad -manufacturing jobs)
-urban—>rural migration
-decline in manufacturing
what is a greenfield site?
a site which has not been built on before
give 4 postives of greenfields sites-
-blank canvas
-new development
-cheaper land
-near to suburbs(has customers and employees)
name 2 advantages of greenfield sites=
-has land to expand
-positive image - sustainable
name 2 negatives of greenfield sites=
-new source of traffic congestion —-> motorways & junctions
-no infrastructure
give 3 disadvantages of greenfield sites=
-planning restriction
-pollution
-increases urbanization/urban sprawl
what does the Aston pride project solve?
urban deprivation in Birmingham - measured by the index mutiple deprivaitation
name 2 economic development aston pride did?
-attracting 10 new businesses - secured £5 million in investments - job opps
-500 new affordable houses were built
state 2 enviromental developments from the Aston Pride project
-planted 10,000 new trees
-2 new parks
state 2 social developments from the Aston Pride project
- the new aston community health centre-free health care & advice
-employment bus , alr made 1205 Aston residents find work
in terms of the IDM which of the 7 factors did the Aston Pride project not really target?
-education and crime
