Case studies

Question 1

What is the:
Claimant count
GCSE lvl 5+
Socially rented housing
Crime per month
for UK?

Answer 1

3%
50%
16%
N/A

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Question 2

What is the:
Claimant count
GCSE lvl 5+
Socially rented housing
Crime per month
for Slough?

Answer 2

5%
60%
20%
400

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Question 3

What is the:
Claimant count
GCSE lvl 5+
Socially rented housing
Crime per month
for Middlesbrough?

Answer 3

6%
50%
20%
1200

Question 4

What are stats for Oxford science park?

Answer 4

90+ companies, world leading technology, 300,000 sqft new offices/lab space

Question 5

What are stats for Cambridge science park?

Answer 5

152 acres of mature park land - good for workers health improves working
links with trinity college

Question 6

What is the unemployment rates for: Maidenhead, Slough, Middlesbrough?
and what is national average

Answer 6

Maids - 3%
Slough - 4%
Middlesbrough - 5%
national average was - 3.5%

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Question 7

What inequalities are there in Maidenhead?

Answer 7

18% aged 65 and over
82 life expectancy for males 84 years for females
Education is high in furze platt but low in the center of maidenhead. This is the same for housing
But with crime both seem to be quite deprived possible due to Thames valley police being located in

Question 8

What inequalities are there in Slough?

Answer 8

11% aged 65 and over
76 life expectancy for males 81 years for females
Within in slough Burnham has a lot lower crime rate than that of Chalvey this can be due to Burnham having a better education and being richer
We also see that Bunham has better environment levels than Chalvey.

Question 9

What inequalities are there in Middlesbrough?

Answer 9

17.1% aged 65 and over
76.2 life expectancy for males 79.8 years for females
West Billingham - income = least deprived
Education = 9th decile not deprived
Health = 5th decile somewhat deprived
Central middlesbrough = income = 2nd most deprived
Education = 2nd most deprived
Health = 2nd most deprived

Question 10

What is the rust belt?

Answer 10

Geographic region from New York to Mid west dominated by manufacturing plants, lots of US industry plants were located here.
Faltered in 1970s

Question 11

What are facts about the rust belt?

Answer 11

Clairton is in Pennsylvania
It has had a declining population since 1950 when it had 20,000 people living there compared to modern day it has 6,000. Home to largest coke factory
Over sea companies providing cheaper options, mining companies became mechanised, lower wage costs
Only survives because of Government providing subsidies
High unemployment levels, reduced revenue for councils, population declines and smarter people move elsewhere.

Question 12

What is being done to regenerate the rust belt?

Answer 12

Linked the university to the downtown area
Buy houses from bank cheap
Develop the houses using young town neighbourhood development with a 3 million budget

Question 13

What are reasons for the decline of the rust belt?

Answer 13

cheaper production over seas
mechanisation
lower wages led to relocation of jobs 80,000 jobs lost in michigan but 90,000 gained in places like Texas and Alabama

Question 14

How does the US coal industry survive?

Answer 14

it survives of government subsidies without them they would close down and a negative multiplier effect would be enabled.

Question 15

Where is Beatyville and why is it declining?

Answer 15

it is in Kentucky
annual income of $12,000 per house compared to national average of $54,000
half of families live below poverty line, 1/3 of people left high school without graduating, 5% of people have college degrees, 68.3 yr life expectancy 8 yrs lower than US average

Question 16

What is the San Francisco Bay area?

Answer 16

it is a progressive area with good universities and technology and lots of beneficial jobs to go into

Question 17

What are some stats for San Francisco?

Answer 17

52% of people graduate college, and a 86% high school graduation compared to 66% on Beatyville
an average salary in the bay is 100,000 with a low of $45,000 nearly quadruple of Beatyville average salary
2013 - 82 years life expectancy

Question 18

What were features of the Olympic park regeneration? (London)

Answer 18

Hockey and tennis centre, Olympic Stadium (home to West Ham) happened because of public and private investment private - Westfield 50% stake in centre borrowed 700 ,mill to be built,
public - uk government bid for Olympic games which cost $9.3 bill

Question 19

What happened to London Docklands from the 1970s to 1980s?

Answer 19

12,000 jobs were lost making, 60% of men unemployed, population of 100,000 during 1971-1981

Question 20

Why and how were London Docklands regenerated?

Answer 20

area got given a tax break, has a central business district with 100,000 comutters, new transport, like Lizzy line and an airport, improved housing and reduced age, still issues as high earners are a minority, those in poor health can not get work.

Question 21

How did they re-brand Plymouth?

Answer 21

Sold buildings to private sector to get money, new shopping complex, used to have tourism but as reduced area gained a science park with 800 employees, work with Plymouth FC. and mainly look at restoration have lots of shops, buildings and restraunts as well as a cruise line terminal 2km away from inner city

Question 22

Belfast Titanic Quarter

Answer 22

Used to be for manufacturing ships, but this manufacturing moved overseas for cheaper labour
Regeneration was used to utilise waterfront
Regeneration included creation of a visitor centre ( 1 million people in the first year )
Attracted new jobs and tourism
Painting halls turned into Film Studios
Investment from Audi and Premier Inn
Science park encourages young people to go to college
Re-Imaging created a positive multiplier effect