Case study- Leicester Flashcards
What is Castle wards situation?
East of the river soar and is mainly located towards the south of the CBD.
What is Castle wards situation like?
On the floodplain of the river soar.
Less than 100m above sea level.
4km X 1.5km
What is Castle wards relief like?
Flat so able to expand with slopes facing away from the original city to towards the south.
What is drainage like?
On the drainage basin of the river soar which also flows through Castle Ward.
What is the predominant land use?
Mostly a built up urban area, with several urban parks. Has a large residential area to the south.
What was useful about the OS map in showing characteristics of Castle Ward?
- Was useful for showing the general shape and accessibility of the area, also clearly outlines major roads and important areas of land use.
- Shows the physical geography of the land such as relief but does not show demographics or specifics such as land use or infrastructure.
What was useful about the street map in showing characteristics of Castle Ward?
- Useful as it shows major arms of interest such as dominant land use and small side streets which were not shown on the OS map.
- More useful when wanting to look at a small area in greater detail and was also much easier to read and comprehend.
- Does not show physical geography such as relief or drainage.
What was useful about the historical map in showing how the character of Castle Ward has changed?
- In the past 180 years has expanded to well out from the city centre, mainly towards the south towards areas such as South Wigston.
- There is now an increased number of connecting roads as well as a much larger residential area.
- Map does not show how land use or the demographics of the area have changed.
How have endogenous factors shaped the character of Castle ward?
- Creation of new walk meant that suburbs were connected to the city and it became much more accessible for those living outside the centre. Allowed people to move further out.
- Trams within the city meant that it became even more accessible so people were able to live further out, potentially started counter-urbanisation.
- Creation of urban parks, made it a more pleasant place to live so started the expansion of areas such as Clarendon Park. May attract new people to the area.
How have exogenous factors shaped the character of Castle Ward?
- The creation of the railways meant that it was more accessible to people and businesses outside the area. Allowed for links to other cities and industrial growth as it became possible to ship goods to elsewhere and vice versa, in turn created more jobs.
How have past processes of development influenced the social and economic characteristics of Castle Ward?
- Building of New Walk in 1785 meant the city was more accessible for those living outside in the suburbs, meant that people potentially moved out of the city.(Social)
- Residential area built in 1877 meant that people could live within close proximity of factories in the CBD. (Social)
- Train station and trams made the city more accessible to not only those living within it but also people and businesses from else where. This brought flows of both money and people.
- Expansion of Leicester university saw an influx of students from across the globe, led to studentification within the area, now potentially known as a student area.
How have present processes of development influenced the social and economic characteristics of Castle Ward?
- Further studentification due to rising popularity of the university, has brought bars and shops to the area to cater for their needs, also not only changed social aspect of Clarendon park but also boosts the local economy.
- Richard 3rd being found led to the rebranding as a ‘historic city’ which has further created a ‘tourist hotspot’.
Lead to an influx in tourists which means that services are needed to cater for them such as hotels, restaurants and shops, this boosts the local economy and creates jobs etc. Has PME.
How is Castle Ward represented by the media?
- Book of Adrian Mole shows how it was in the past and how it has changed, covers the dark side of the past such as denindusliarisation and the high levels of unemployment also touches upon migration an the racial tension in the area.
- Leaflets were made to attract people and businesses to the area so only show best parts of the city, not entirely representative. Show an artsy and historic city.
- Street art of LCFC mural portrays a song sense of community spirt and sense of pride although may only be representative of a short time period and to certain people.
- TV/Film shows a huge sense of pride and community spirit as it seems the city comes together in both happiness and sadness, although not regular occurrences so do not necessarily entirely representative of the whole city. Shows the people are potentially empathetic.
- Guardian newspaper paints a positive picture of Leicester showing its good transport links and schools. Does mention the lack of cultural diversity within Clarendon park compared to the rest of Leicester. Is from an insiders perspective so many be slightly bias.
Castle Wards demographic characteristics (statistics)?
30% - White British
50% - Born in the uk
Castle Wards social characteristics (statistics)?
12%- Professional qualifications
35%- Degrees
6-20%- With no qualifications
