CASE STUDY - Distant place Salford Quays, Manchester Flashcards

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Name 3 qualitative sources that provide information about the lived experience in Salford Quays.

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  1. Factory Girls (David Appleyard)
  2. ‘Going to the match’ painting (SS Lowry)
  3. Salford Quays poem (Tony Walsh)
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What do the Factory Girls sculptures (by David Appleyard) show about Salford Quay’s lived experience?

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  • Salford Quays past identity and cultural heritage as an area dominated by the cotton industry of which most of the population were employed in factories.
  • Salford Quays sense of appreciation for the industry of the past since it allowed economic growth within the area.
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What does the Lowry painting ‘Going to the Match (1928) show about Salford Quays’ lived experience?

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  • Provides information about the unity and solidarity amongst the community within the area since the people walk in unison (sense of place).
  • Traditions in Salford Quays are majorly centred around sporting successes and events (e.g premier league football clubs and national league rugby team).
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What does the Salford Quays poem (Tony Walsh 2021) show about Doncaster’s lived experience? Use quotes from the source.

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written from an insider perspective of a man who feels in place in Salford Quays:
- “when the world moved on, the docks were gone, the city built a plan” - regeneration has played a key role in the success of the area due to its adaptability
- “Its built of sparks. The art and heart of people” - the Salford quays community has a Gemeinshaft nature as there is a mutual admiration and solidarity between people.

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What does the news article ‘Best place to live?’ (Manchester Evening News) show about the lived experience of Salford Quays? Use quotes from the source.

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  • ‘Metrolink stops and bus routes run right through the city centre’ - transport links provide connectivity within the city
  • ‘Salford Quays…has everything you could possibly need packed into just one square mile’ - The city offers variety and it features retail, business and cultural opportunities.
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How has the population of Salford Quay’s changed?

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  • 15.4% growth in the size of the population from 2011 to 2021.
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How have endogenous factors shaped Salford Quays?

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  • At the peak of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1985, the amount of freight carried was almost 20,000,000 tons
  • The Metrolink is the largest light railway network in the UK
  • MediaCity UK is a 200 acre site - site of major tertiary and quaternary industry
  • The Lowry museum displays a large collection of LS Lowry’s work - celebration of native artists.
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How did industrialisation and cultural ideas shape Salford Quays?

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  • At the height of the Manchester Docks, 5000 people were employed and it was the 3rd largest in the UK (due to the ‘cottonopolis’)
  • The global shift in de-industrialisation caused the Docks to decline and close in 1982, leaving 3000 people unemployed.
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What economic changes took place in Salford Quays before the 1980s and during?

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  • The Peel Group invested £3.8 million in the Media city expansion (home of digital businesses)
  • £70 million Scrapworks development, providing an additional 1200 job opportunities
  • The Lowry project was funded by the Salford Quays Development plan.
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What investment has Salford Quays missed out on/lost following regeneration?

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  • ‘Salford should be a top priority for levelling up’ a research centre has said, yet due to it s status as a category 2 LOA, it is not a top priority for the government fund.
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What percentage of people in Salford Quays have a level 4 or above qualification?

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71.5% (aged 16 and over)

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What is the average property price in the Salford Quays area?

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approximately £204000 (July 2018)

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What is the overall IMD (multiple deprivation index) in Salford Quays like?

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Salford Quays is amongst the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in the country.

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What is the income (deprivation) like in Salford Quays?

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Salford Quays is amongst the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in the country.

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What are the barriers to housing and services or living environment (deprivation) like in Salford Quays?

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Salford Quays is amongst the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in the country, this means that 80% of the rest of the UK has less barriers to housing and services.

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