case study: BMR

Question 1

what is a metropolitan region?

Answer 1

a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport networks, infrastructure and housing

Question 2

what is an agglomeration

Answer 2

refers to a form of spatial organization in which the same industry or related enterprises are relatively concentrated within a specific geographical scope

Question 3

what is BMR

Answer 3

a large metropolitan region at the heart of the west midlands conurbation

Question 4

how many residents were there in 2019?

Answer 4

1.1 million- second largest city in UK

Question 5

what happened in 1086?

Answer 5

BMR was product of industrial revolution
-doomsday survey said it was a relatively poor agricultural manor

Question 6

what happened in 1166?

Answer 6

De Berminghams were the first players to influence change
-they purchased a royal charter which allowed them to hold a market
-place began to grow as a result of trade

Question 7

what happened in 1256?

Answer 7

market town connected to parish church is center
-metal working established
-main area for metal smelting was the black country eg/Dudley which supplied raw materials for BMRs metal working

Question 8

what happened in the 1700s?

Answer 8

population grew to 15,000
-many migrants from rural areas in search of work
-law and banking services established and clear housing areas based of socio-economic status

Question 9

what happened in the 1730s-40s?

Answer 9

-various machines for processing cotton were invented in BMR
-electroplating and pneumonic tyres were invented/first used in BMR

Question 10

what happened in 1761?

Answer 10

Mattew Boulton was a key player - an entrepreneur and engineer - established the first factory
- ‘soho factory’ bought 7000 employees under 1 roof

Question 11

what happened in 1775?

Answer 11

Boulton and Watt began partnership in BMR, revolutionizing the production of more efficient steam engines

Question 12

what happened in the 1800s?

Answer 12

-extraordinary growth
-gun, jewelry, button and brass industries dominated
-Cadbury family set up the Bourneville factory and model village for workers on the SE outskirts of the city
-trade industry/banking progressed
-Lloyds and midlands banks founded

Question 13

what happened in 1838?

Answer 13

transport infrastructure developed along with industrial growth
-national canal network and midlands terminus of London to BMR railway opened

Question 14

what happened in 1896?

Answer 14

first medical xray - Watt and Boulton

Question 15

what happened in 1906?

Answer 15

new engineering industries developed
-eg/Austin cap plant in Longbridge
-hundreds of small firms supplying the industry with vehicle components entered the city

Question 16

what happened in 1917?

Answer 16

Dunlop tyre industry founded in BMR established a large factory which employed 10,000 people by the 1950s.
-a chemical industry was developed

Question 17

what happened between WW1-WW2

Answer 17

BMR survived the great depression largely due to the diversity of its metal working industry.
-pioneering work on radar development took place

Question 18

statistics on employment in the 1950s?

Answer 18

-50% metals
-19.4% miscellaneous
-12% commerce
-5.7% transport
-4.5% public utility and gov
-4.4% professions
-2.5% textiles, leather and clothing
-1.5% agriculture and mining