Bristol

Question 1

Bristols environmental Challenges: dereliction

Answer 1

E.g stokes croft

• deindustrialization as companies moved out, port moved so no need for warehouses

What’s being done: Low rent so small community shops can exist there

Question 2

Bristols social challenges: filwood

Answer 2

Filwood: (inner city-where there has been deindustrialisation)

• 50% House Owner occupied
• 36% get A*-C
• 78 life expectancy
• 1/3 if 16-24 year olds are unemployed
• > 1300 crimes a year

Question 3

Natural increase definition

Answer 3

Births minus deaths

Question 4

Bristols location

Answer 4

SW, on seven estuary, 90 mins west of London on M4.

• largest port exports to USA/ West Africa/ South East Asia
• close to Welsh coal

Question 5

Importance of Bristol

Answer 5

UK:

• exports/Imports
• 2 universities
• festivals/art/music

Worldwide:

• airport connections
• M4 access
• 70000 cars imported a years

Question 6

Migration internal

Answer 6

• 4000 people a year
• cheaper living
• attraction to high-tech jobs
• working age move in-> elderly move out
• more working age means more children and pressure on education/ housing

Question 7

Migration international

Answer 7

• 50% growth from international migrants
• high-tech jobs with international companies
• hard working, fills a skill
• pressure on housing

Question 8

Environmental opportunities: urban greening

Answer 8

1/3 of city is open space
8 nature reserves
30% of city covered in trees by 2026

Question 9

Economic opportunities : integrated transport system

Answer 9

57% walk / cycle to work
175 new buses to improve connections
Electrification of the railway line to London- greener and more reliable
The rapid transit network- 3 bus routes linking railway station to park and ride sights

Question 10

Economic opportunities : aerospace industries

Answer 10

• Rolls-Royce + airbus

- ministry of defence employs 10,000 in military facilities

Question 11

Economic opportunities : high tech industries

Answer 11

50 micro- electronic businesses

£40 million invested in WiFi

Question 12

Social opportunities : entertainment

Answer 12

Harbour side- bars, clubs, restaurants

Annual festival has 300000 visitors

Question 13

Social opportunities : shopping

Answer 13

Broadmead centre closed down
Replaced in 2008 at a cost of £500 mil
By Cabot circus + 250 flats

Question 14

Social: leisure, sport

Answer 14

2x football, 1x rugby, rovers new stadium

Question 15

Social: cultural mix, event venues

Answer 15

• Hippodrome + former tobacco warehouse are main cultural event venues

Question 16

Bristols environmental Challenges: urban sprawl

Answer 16

• pressure to expand and build on greenfield sites

Impacts of urban sprawl:

• lack of open space
• congestion
• pollution
• creates commuter settlements

Reducing:

• by 2026 over 30,000 new homes are planned on brownfield land
• high-density on brownfield land, 210 houses per Hector compared to on greenfield land, only 60

Question 17

Bristols environmental Challenges: waste disposal

Answer 17

-1/2 million tonnes a year

Aiming to increase recycling to 50% of waste, reducing the amount of waste generated per household by 15%

Question 18

Bristols social challenges: Stoke bishop

Answer 18

Stoke bishop: (suburbs)

• 81% houses owner occupied
• 94% get A*-C
• 83 life expectancy
• <3% are unemployed
• > 300 crimes a year

Question 19

And example of an urban regeneration project (temple quarter)

Answer 19

Temple quarter:

Why?

• Deindustrialisation
• Glasswork, railway yards, ironworks
• the area had polluted land. Terraced housing is state of despair and small units

Features:

• 240000 m2 of new buildings
• train track improved (electrification Will shorten the rail journey time to London)
• Bristol arena
• New bridge across the river Avon to the site of the former diesel depot, this gives access to the new Bristol arena

Question 20

Bristols environmental Challenges: atmospheric pollution

Answer 20

• main cause are vehicle emissions

- 200 die prematurely