case study: LEEDS

Question 1

where is leeds located

Answer 1

North of uk, north east of manchester

Question 2

How is the city important

Answer 2

1. England’s 2nd biggest base for banking, financial services and law firms outside London
2. Channel 4 moved from London to Leeds
3. Home to over 109,000 companies generating 5% of engalnds total economic output
4. M&S started in Leeds.

Question 3

what patterns of migration exist

Answer 3

1. in 2013, the ONS estimated there were between 6000 and 9000 new long-term immigrants
2. there was a wave of irish immigrants in the mid-twentieth century, taking the number of irish immigrants to over 30,000
3. student temporary immigrants who stay for 2-3 years.

Question 4

What are the ways of life

Answer 4

1. very diverse (cultures , languages, faiths, races)

Question 5

What are the challenges that affect life

Answer 5

1. over 15% of residents are job seekers.
2. social inequality- divide between wealth and poor
   3.child poverty - figure of 38%
3. 3rd highest levels of inequality in the uk
4. unemployment - particularly of the younger generation

Question 6

how is the city trying to be more sustainable?

Answer 6

1. providing employment and training for the residents
2. in 2014, the government announced that it was considering extending the high speed railway. Enabling fast transport to the major cities and taking away the dominance from london.
   3.has a multicultural university, 14,400 international students from 137 countries