Birmingham

Question 1

What is the multiple deprivation index?

Answer 1

Measures 38 items grouped in 7 main headings-poverty is just one of these

Question 2

What are the 7 groups of items in the IMD

Answer 2

income, employment, health and disability, education skills and training, barriers and housing and services, crime, living enviroment

Question 3

What is in Sutton cold fields?

Answer 3

Low crime rates, prosperous, many green space areas, wide range of shops, low air and water pollution, high purchasing power

Question 4

What is in Sparbrook

Answer 4

not much green space, concerns over crime, concerns over air pollution and rubbish collection, wide range of shop-selling international produce, media dubbed the city as the gun capital of the UK, quality of life is still seen as good

Question 5

What does the Eco-footprint look at?

Answer 5

How much land is needed to provide something to all the energy, water and materials in uses. It also calculates how much pollution is created by burning oil, coal and gas and how much land is needed to absorb the wast created by the people in the city.

Question 6

What is the average eco-footprint in the UK and Birmingham?

Answer 6

UK-5.3ha Birmingham-4.14 ha

Question 7

What does being sustainable involve?

Answer 7

Involves looking after the people of today and the future.