Case Study: Re - urbanisation in Birmingham

Question 1

Birmingham bullring shopping centre

Answer 1

• Renovated 2003
• Cost £530m
• 36 million shoppers in its first year

Question 2

Birmingham ICC

Answer 2

• International Convention centre
• Several Victorian buildings had to be destroyed to build it
• Cost paid by EU and the local government
• Opened in 1991
• Cost £200m

Question 3

New street station and shopping centre

Answer 3

• Renovated in 2015 and renamed ‘Grand Central’
• Cost £388m

Question 4

National indoor arena

Answer 4

• Venue with maximum capacity of 15,000 used for sporting events.
• Opened in 1991
• Used for 2022 commonwealth games
• Cost £50m

Question 5

Birmingham canals

Answer 5

• Area around canals declined in 1970s.
• Clean up litter and restore wild life
• New footpaths, bridges and signposts for tourists
• £3m spent
• Some of the new apartments and houses build were very expensive
• Restaurants in area get £13.9m from tourism per year.

Question 6

Victoria square Birmingham

Answer 6

• Renovated and made traffic free (pedestrianised)
• Expensive improvement of landscape and public art and sculptures
• Investment value £6.7m