Birmingham Flashcards
What is Birmingham
2nd largest city in the uk (over 1 mill)
How many people employed there
over 100,000
How many tourists per year
39 mill. Employs about 70,000
By how much dose life expectency vary across Birmingham
10 years (72-82)
How much worse is the achievements in education
3%
What is the common type of housing in the center
Small old tereced housing
What is the reason for bad paths, pollution and a bad city
They are old industrial areas
What is a Brownfield site
Previously built on land
What is a Greenfeild site
Has never been built on before
Three things they did to change Birmingham
Bullring shopping center, canal clean up and castel vale
5 changes made to Castel Vale
-32/34 tower blocks removed
-New housing was 1/2 owner occupied
-New houses r energy efficient
-New shopping center
-Builders college
How did the new semi detached house built help.
This improved the variety of housing available which helps create a better social mix and gives people their own outside space
How dose the renewabel energy help.
Helps people on lower incomes cut their bills and creates a cleaner environment
“New housing built was ½ owner occupied – ½ housing association” How dose this help
Helps people on lower incomes be able to buy a home and have more financial security
How did the new shopping center help.
This helps reduce deprivation by creating job opportunities in the local area which means people don’t need to travel further to work(after a year 95% of jobs filled)
How did the builders college help.
This helps people feel more part of the community and leads to less vandalism but also gives people skills to help them get a job long term to improve their futures
What dose NIMBY stand for
Not In My Back Yard
What is Urban Greening
planting more trees and plants E.g. Caste Vale derelict land changed into a Wildflower meadow
How did the Tram network help
reduces congestion and air pollution in the city and encourages use of public transport.
How did new transport systems help
made getting to work easia so people would actualy go. Cheeper and easily accessible
