CP 2 Flashcards
Summarise the decline of the inner city
Industrial change/decline (due to the need to modernise factories).
Increasing unemployment. Decline of shops and services (less disposable income). Decline of housing and environment (Poor quality back to back worker’s housing from the19th century, derelict factories, littering, vandalism and crime. Decline.
What is an index graph?
Line graph that allows you to compare data from a given point and overall change (starting from 100%)
What is the overall decrease of manufacturing between 1981 and 1997?
0.35
Is Ladywood part of the inner city or CBD?
inner city
What starts the cycle of decline?
External and internal factors that cause deindustrilisation.
Summarise social exclusion/filtering in deindustrialised places.
Deindustrialisation leading to unemployment. Outward migration of people with high skill levels and education, due to work else where. Low population, high levels of unemployment, low skills/education and prospects. Lower population has little disposable income, leading to decline in shops and services. Suffer social exclusion and deprivation
What are the impacts of deprivation?
Lack of investment (services), litter, fly tipping, vandalism, little healthcare, addiction/crime
Two figures about Ladywood deprivation
in 2010, highest rate of out of all constituencies in the UK. in 2010 25% of all violent crime in Birmingham happened in Ladywood.
Census data for Ladywood - Economically active but unemployed.
L - 8.4% NA - 2.8%
Census data for Ladywood - Houses rented from council
L - 75% NA - 9%
Census data for Ladywood - No cars
L - 55% NA - 23%
Census data for Ladywood - No qualifications
L - 29% NA - 18%
Census data for Ladywood - single parent with children
L - 18% NA - 7%
What is a EQA
Environmental quality assessment. bi polar scoring system - 0 neither good or bad, - bad, + good
What is an overall perception of Ladywood? What is a perception of someone who lives in the area?
Negative - area of deprivation. VS
Positive - see town you are used to in good light
What are social impacts of deindustrialisation in Ladywood?
2008 - 81% of families fighting for financial survival. In July 2010 Ladywood had the highest rate of unemployment out of all the constituencies in the Uk. 2009 and 2010 25% of all violent crime occurred in Ladywood.
What are the environmental impacts of deindustrialisation in Ladywood?
Overall negative EQA average of -6, surveyed across 20+ people. Derelict buildings, housing crisis (not enough room, not good quality housing).
What are the economic impacts of deindustrialisation in Ladywood?
July 2010 Ladywood had the highest rate of unemployment out of all the constituencies in the Uk. Lorenz curve - closer to axis then line of equality then the rest of the UK. Gini Coefficient the number would be closer to 1 than the rest of Birmingham.
What does the Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient work??
shows household income distribution in a given area.
How does the Lorenz curve work?
Line of equality (45 degrees) is perfect equality (line of equality), while closer to the axis means more inequality
How does the Gini Coefficient work?
Score approaching 0 = perfect equality
Score approaching 1 = perfect inequality
