Birmingham BBC Bitesize Version

Question 1

Opportunities (Social)

Answer 1

. Ethnic/cultural diversity allows people to experience different religions and foods.
. Balti Triangle famous for its restaurants and curry houses.
. St Paul’s Square is a popular venue for live music.
. Birmingham Royal Ballet and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra create a culturally-rich city.
. Five universities, which cater for over 65,000 higher education students.

Question 2

Opportunities (Economic)

Answer 2

. Bullring shopping centre includes 140 shops generating employment and income for the local economy.
. Brindley Place is a city centre development inc. bars, retail, offices and entertainment facilities - generates a large income.

Question 3

Opportunities (Environmental)

Answer 3

. Canals in Birmingham have been cleaned up.
. Towpaths upgraded to encourage people to walk and cycle along the canals in the city. The
. Eastside City Park, a new park, developed to increase the amount of green space.
. To reduce pollution, traffic has been managed by creating a park and ride scheme, encouraging the use of buses and the Birmingham Metro tramline.

Question 4

Social and economic challenges (urban decline)

Answer 4

. Used to have a large manufacturing industry.
. Competition from abroad, most of Bs manufacturing industry has now gone.
. Urban decline as manufacturing buildings were left empty and became derelict.

Question 5

Social and economic challenges (deprivation)

Answer 5

. Closure of the manufacturing industry and high unemployment meant parts of B experienced a spiral of social and economic decline leading to deprivation.

Question 6

Social and economic challenges (inequalities in housing)

Answer 6

. High population = pressures on housing.

. Not enough good quality and affordable housing.

Question 7

Social and economic challenges (education)

Answer 7

. Poor in inner city areas such as Aston.
Aston - area of deprivation with ethnically diverse community where many children struggled to access and succeed in education.

Question 8

Social and economic challenges (health)

Answer 8

In Aston, people with poorer English language skills found it difficult to access healthcare facilities.

Question 9

Social and economic challenges (unemployment)

Answer 9

Closure of factories in the manufacturing industry - high unemployment.

Question 10

Environmental challenges (dereliction)

Answer 10

Derelict buildings from the manufacturing industry are common in inner city areas.

Question 11

Environmental challenges (greenfield sites)

Answer 11

. Loss of more green space and may make urban sprawl worse.

Question 12

Environmental challenges (building on brownfield sites)

Answer 12

. Improve a derelict site as the space is reused for a new development.

Question 13

Environmental challenges (waste disposal)

Answer 13

. Large urban population produces lots of household + commercial waste.
. Challenges for how to manage and dispose this waste.

Question 14

Environmental challenges (atmospheric pollution)

Answer 14

. More people in city = more vehicles on the road = leading to atmospheric pollution.