Deck 14 - Regenerating Places: Global Perspectives

Question 1

What key components make up a successful place?

Answer 1

Education, employment, industry, connections/transport, investment, clean economy, innovation and entrepreneurship, quality of life

Question 2

What makes a place less successful?

Answer 2

Poor economy that has a high unemployment rate and deters business, poor provision of services e.g. healthcare and education, degraded environment (high levels of pollution), residents have a poor quality of life, healthcare, child poverty, educational attainment (might be ranked low on the IMD), high levels of out migration

Question 3

Which is our global successful place?

Answer 3

San Francisco

Question 4

Why is San Francisco classed as a successful place?

Answer 4

The Bay Area economy is one of the most productive and prosperous in the country.
* This is consistent with the region’s reputation for supporting a large number of innovative, highly productive, frontier technology companies.

Question 5

What factors encourage San Francisco to be successful?

Answer 5

-Education
-Employment
-Industry
-Connections/Transport
-Venture capital
-The clean economy
-Innovation and Entrepreneurship
-Quality of Life

Question 6

What are the drawbacks of San Francisco?

Answer 6

-Social and economic inequalities
-Housing costs (gentrification)

Question 7

Which is our unsuccessful urban area in the Rust Belt?

Answer 7

Detroit, Michigan

Question 8

What was the history of industry in Detroit?

Answer 8

19th century - shipping and shipbuilding
20th century - car manufacturing

Question 9

Why did the industries in the 20th century begin to decline?

Answer 9

• car manufacturing was complacent
• rising competition from lower income countries (particuarly in Asia)
• Recession in the 1980’s

Question 10

What are the negative consequences of closures in industries?

Answer 10

With rising numbers of unemployed, Detroit saw a fall in taxes and a rise in
crime. As city authorities had less money to invest in public services, the
city fell into dereliction.

Question 11

Which is our unsuccessful rural area in the Rust Belt?

Answer 11

Beattyville, Kentucky

Question 12

Which industry was dominant in Beattyville?

Answer 12

Coal industry

Question 13

Why did the main industry in Beattyville decline?

Answer 13

Lack of support from government particularly in George W Bush’s and Obama’s leadership.

Question 14

What are the negative social consequences in Beattyville as a result of industrial decline?

Answer 14

• Men’s life expectancy was eight years below the USA’s average at 68.3. Women lived 76.4
  years on average, about five years short of national life expectancy.
• Half of the families lived below the poverty line
  Drug crime was high and caused many deaths. In 2013, drug overdoses accounted for 56% of accidental deaths in Kentucky.
• Large amounts of homelessness and individuals living in trailer parks.

Question 15

What are the negative economic consequences in Beattyville as a result of industrial decline?

Answer 15

• Median household income of $12,000 compared to a national average of $54,000
• Only 5% of people had college degrees
• 1/3 teenagers did not graduate
• The War on Poverty lives on through federal grants. Food stamps, employment programmes and disability allowance have cushioned many people from the harshest effects of the retreat of jobs from the region.