Case Study Of Two Contrasting Place Profiles Flashcards

1
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Toxteth:
Where is it?

A

Liverpool

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2
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Toxteth:
What is the key natural characteristic?

A

The river Mersey

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3
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Toxteth:
What was Toxteth originally?

A

Toxteth Park
Only for rich people; hunting

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Toxteth:
When were Victorian terraces built?

A

1905
Rapid industrialisation

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5
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Toxteth:
How was their wealth built?

A

Slave trade
Docks

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Toxteth:
What was the Victorian housing like?

A

Back to back
No garden

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Toxteth:
What is the largest age group?

A

16-64
75.5%

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8
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Toxteth:
What is the population density?

A

87.8

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Toxteth:
What are the two largest ethnic groups?

A

White 78.6%
Black African 6.9%

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10
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Toxteth:
What are the three most popular beliefs?

A

Christianity
No belief
Muslim

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Toxteth:
What did a 2015 survey reveal was the biggest problem for businesses and why?

A

Recruitment
Applicants lack technical or role specific skills

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Toxteth:
Which sector do people struggle to access for employment?

A

Knowledge

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13
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Toxteth:
What was set up in 1994?

A

Granby Toxteth Development Trust

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Toxteth:
What was the Granby Toxteth Development Trust aim?

A

To improve social and economic well-being of residents and businesses

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15
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Toxteth:
What had average housing asking prices risen by in 2020

A

20%

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16
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Toxteth:
The land is the second cheapest in the city, what could this lead to?

A

Gentrification
Developers invest in devalued land

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17
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Toxteth:
What electorate is is part of?

A

Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary
Riverside Ward
30 wards in Liverpool

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Toxteth:
What is the role of Riverside Ward

A

3 counsellors responsible for education, children’s services, regeneration, housing and sustainability

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Toxteth:
Who was the MP

A

Kim Johnson
Labour

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20
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Toxteth:
What did the area vote in Brexit?

A

Remain

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21
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Toxteth:
Why was there a loss of dock/manufacturing jobs? The effect?

A

Containerisation and migration of docks further North
Recession and poverty

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Toxteth:
What caused the 1981 Toxteth riots?

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Long standing tensions between police and the black community

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Toxteth:
When was an attempted regeneration of the docks? By who?

A

1980s
Merseyside Development Corporation

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Toxteth:
When was Liverpool the European capital of Culture and why?

A

2008
Aim to boost tertiary employment and cultural tourism

25
Q

Toxteth:
What was some of the waterfront designated as by UNESCO?

A

World Heritage Site (employment)

26
Q

Toxteth:
Who provided funding to regenerate Liverpool’s profile? How?

A

EU
Expanding low carbon sector

27
Q

Toxteth:
Who developed off shore wind farms? Key dates?

A

SeaScape energy
constructed 2005 in use 2007

28
Q

Toxteth:
What is the built environment like?

A

Run down and derelict

29
Q

Toxteth:
What has happened to some buildings?

A

Changed use
Adopted by migrant communities

30
Q

Toxteth:
What have migrant communities introduced?

A

Migrant retailers
Mosques

31
Q

North Walsham:
What is significant about the town’s well drained soil?

A

In medieval times everyone worked as farmers

32
Q

North Walsham:
What is the ethnic split like?

A

98% white

33
Q

North Walsham:
What are beliefs like?

A

Less than 2% of the town classed as anything other than Christian or atheist

34
Q

North Walsham:
Why are high-tech IT and quaternary industry not attracted?

A

Lack of infrastructure
Far/few connections (30 mins train to Norwich, 1 hour from a motorway)

35
Q

North Walsham:
Who is NW competition for FDI and why?

A

Norwich
Major science centre and university city

36
Q

North Walsham:
Where do migrant communities work?

A

Care homes
Food corner shops

37
Q

North Walsham:
What was past employment like?

A

Industry based around agriculture
4 mills for flour employed many people (Millfield road)

38
Q

North Walsham:
What do many people work in now?

A

Services
Norwich global businesses (Aviva)

39
Q

North Walsham:
What industry started in the C12th? Who did it attract?

A

Textiles (sheep wool) attracted Flemish migrants

40
Q

North Walsham:
What product was sold globally?

A

Walsham clothe
Worstead clothe

41
Q

North Walsham:
What did they do with their textile wealth?

A

Built disproportionally large flint ‘wool churches’ (Norfolk’s largest)

42
Q

North Walsham:
When was the charter for a weekly market bought? Where was the money kept?

A

1275
Market Cross

43
Q

North Walsham:
When did trains arrive and why was this helpful?

A

1874/1881
Improved connectivity with opportunity to sell fruit and jam products
Canal plans had been abandoned

44
Q

North Walsham:
When was the Great Fire?

A

1600

45
Q

North Walsham:
Who bought cheap land to build a boy’s grammar school?

A

Sir William Paston

46
Q

North Walsham:
What style was the town centre rebuilt in after the fire?

A

Georgian
Tall and narrow buildings

47
Q

North Walsham:
What dimensions were shops rebuilt in after the fire? Why is this an issue in the modern day?

A

Medieval market stall dimensions of 7ft wide
Limits attraction to big retailers

48
Q

North Walsham:
What has the population grown by between 1971 to 2021 census?

A

6000 to 12000

49
Q

North Walsham:
What were 1980s housing estates built on?

A

Greenfield sites
Orchards, woodlands, farmlands

50
Q

North Walsham:
What have conservative governments allowed?

A

Identified Norfolk as a growth area
Hopkins Homes have built on Brownfield sites

51
Q

North Walsham:
What evidence is there of a strong sense of community? (5)

A

Celebrations of farming heritage
Annual beer festival
Once a month farmer’s market
Weekly Thursday market
Christian festivals (Christmas/Easter)

52
Q

North Walsham:
What is the population like?

A

Ageing
29% over 65

53
Q

North Walsham:
What are political beliefs?

A

Conservative due to age
58% voted to leave the EU

54
Q

North Walsham:
What are the local parish councils responsible for?

A

Lighting local roads
Community facilities
Housing applications

55
Q

North Walsham:
What is the most recent investment?

A

Heritage Action Zone
Funded by Historic England
£2 million invested into town centre

56
Q

North Walsham:
What has the HAZ project done?

A

Regeneration of shop fronts
Pedestrianisation of town centre with new roads, widened pavements, dropped curbs and a new bus station

57
Q

North Walsham:
What percentage of people are over 16 with no formal qualifications?

A

29.3%

58
Q

Toxteth:
What percentage of people are over 16 with no formal qualifications?

A

27.2%