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1
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Facts about Killingworth New Town

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  • former mining community
  • intended for 20,000 people
  • castle style
  • lake built in 1964
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Define place making

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the deliberate shaping of an environment

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Define place

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a location with meaning

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Define placelesness

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a particular landscape which could be anywhere

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Define heterogenous

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diverse in character/content

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Define homogenisation

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the process of making things uniform or similar

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Give 3 factors facilitating homogenisation

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  • ICT developments
  • increased international migration
  • spread of ideas/culture
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What is the primary sector?

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farming

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What is the secondary sector?

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manufacturing

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What is the tertiary industry?

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seervices

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What is the quarternary industry?

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high-tech

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12
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Define perception of place

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the way in which a place is viewed/regarded

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13
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Define location

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where the place is

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Define locale

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a place where something happens/has an event associated with it

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Define sense of place

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the subjective/emotional attachment people have to a place

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16
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Endogenous facilities in Killingworth

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-schools
-young people’s clubs
-white swan/lakeside centre
-football pitches
-St. John’s church hall
Palmersville metro station
Rising Sun country park

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How many times has Shield’s Road been voted the worst highstreet in Britain?

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twice

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-ve’s of Byker

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  • loss of independent businesses
  • antisocial=crime=scares away visitors
  • neglected/unattractive
  • needs investment from govt./council
  • places close by with better facilities (Jesmond)
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Media in Byker

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TV series ‘Byker Grove’

some liked it but some thought it gave a negative representation of the north east

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Killingworth/Byker census data comparison

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  • Population: higher in Byker
  • Age: both working age
  • Religion: both highest Christian, lowest Jewish
  • % very good health: 7% higher in Killingworth
  • Unemployment: over 2x higher in Byker
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culture/media in Kilingworth

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  • 1973 sitcom ‘whatever happened to the likely lads?’

- ep. of doctor who filmed there

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regeneration comparison of Killingworth/Byker

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Killingworth improved:

  • lakeside, 2007
  • White swan centre
  • good transport network

Byker in decline:
-loss of independent businesses
-Jesmond=better facilities
but-good transport links

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Byker wall facts

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  • built between 1969-1982
  • ethnically diverse
  • good transport links
  • houses approx. 9,500 people
  • striking structure/multi-coloured
  • strong community spirit
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White swan centre facts

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  • contains 10,000ft^2 office space
  • employs 600
  • houses doctors surgery, library, small gym
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Killingworth mean age 2001-2011

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31-40

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Killingworth religion 2001-2011

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70% Christian-65% Christian

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Killingworth housing owned outright 2002-2011

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20%-27%

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28
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Facts about the Killingworth towers

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  • 3 tier housing estate built in early 1970s
  • started to look/feel like a prison
  • vandalism
  • never widely popular, demolished in 1987
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29
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Regeneration in Killingworth

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  • originally 1960s planned new town
  • early 1980s Morrison’s was built
  • white swan centre built
  • lakeside centre completed in 2007
30
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Vicar’s opinion of Byker

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  • unique/ multi-cultural

- child poverty, anti-social behaviour

31
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What % Byker houses were owned by the council in 2011?

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48%

32
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what is the average age in Byker?

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36years

33
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Byker ethnicity 2001-2011

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most white/British with small Asian population 2001 and 2011

34
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Byker general health 2001-2011

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improved: 1/2 fair health (2001), 1/5 fair health, most good health (2011)

35
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Byker economic activity 2001-2011

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321 unemployed (2001), 8% unemployed (2011)

36
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Reimaging Amsterdam facts

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  • ‘I Amsterdam’ slogan
  • photographed 8,000 times a day=increased tourism
  • 1 of top 5 European cities for cultural assets and brand strength
37
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how many people are on the council waiting list and how many second homes are there in Farron?

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3,500 on waiting list and almost 4,000 second homes

38
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which city is known as being heterogenous?

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Los Angeles

39
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name 3 different cities in LA

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  • skid row
  • gated community
  • china town
40
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why is LA so diverse?

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immigration from Mexico/Asia

41
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give an environmental reason against the development at great park

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red squirrel presence- and endangered species

42
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where is there space to develop new homes instead of at Great Park?

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Byker/Benwell- space for 20,000 new homes

43
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give 2 arguments for the development at great park

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  • 4500 new homes

- close to A1 and integrated transport routes

44
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why could they build on the greenbelt at great park?

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labour govt. relaxed the rules/ ncl city councill adopted it

45
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where is our suburbanisation example?

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great park, gosforth, NE

46
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give an economic reason against the development at great park

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prices from £188,000 = not affordable

47
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what did the govt. introduce in the 1990s and why?

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greenbelt- areas of open space and low-density land use around urban areas with controlled development

48
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where successfully stopped costa?

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Totnes, Devon

49
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what % of homes in the Lake District are said to be unoccupied all year round, in one village?

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70%

50
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what is causing conflict in the Lake District?

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second hoome ownership

51
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what are the second homes leading to a decline in?

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schools, doctors, post offices

52
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how many people in Totnes signed the petition to stop costa?

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6,000 of the 8,500 residents

53
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how many coffee shops does Totnes already have?

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42

54
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what does the 1895 OS map of Killingworth show?

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  • many fields

- very small village

55
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what does the 2019 OS map of Killingworth show?

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  • lots of services/things to do
  • main road= good connections and road networks expanded
  • lake/leisure centre
  • industrial estate
  • post office
56
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when did riots occur in inner city areas of newcastle?

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1991/1992

57
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where is our example of gentrification?

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Notting Hill

58
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what happened to the employment in Vicker’s factory from 1940-1970?

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fell from around 20,000 to 3,000

59
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what is Notting Hill famous for?

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Notting Hill carnival and Portobello road markets

60
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why was Notting Hill in decline?

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tiny terraced houses to rent for poor

1950s referred to as an urban slum and riots occurred (racism)

61
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how much money was spent on the regeneration of the quayside?

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£430mil of govt. money and they attracted £1114mil private sector money

62
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how many local people got jobs as a result of the regeneration of the quayside?

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2,000

63
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give an example of redevelopment along the Quayside and how much did it cost?

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Sage built on derelict wasteland. over £70million

64
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what was renewed along the quayside and what is it now?

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Baltic flour mill closed in 1981. Now a centre for contemporary art

65
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give a -ve of the regeneration of the quayside

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focussed on the service sector/managerial posts rather than manufacturing and most housing is expensive

66
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what were the problems of the gentrification in Notting Hill?

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conflict/relocation

67
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what does UDC stand for and why were they set up?

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Urban development corporations- to regenerate selected inner city areas with large amounts of derelict/vacant land

68
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when did the shipyard start to decline in Newcastle?

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1970-1990

69
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what were the benefits of the gentrification in Notting Hill?

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increased property prices/ less vacant buildings

70
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what is the area of Notting Hill known as?

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one of the most desirable places in London for famlies

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