EQ 4: How successful is regeneration?

Question 1

List different ways of measuring the success of regeneration

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Answer 1

• Economic: increased employment & income and decreased poverty.
• Social: lower levels of deprivation
• Demographic: improved life expectancy
• Environmental: reduced pollution, dereliction etc.
• By comparison with other areas or past conditions

Question 2

Define poverty

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Answer 2

Poverty is relative to the place and time people live in.

Question 3

What is the poverty threshold used in the UK?

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Answer 3

Households with an income of less than 60% of the national median, after housing costs are included.

Question 4

What is the issue with measuring success?

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Answer 4

Success if difficult to quantify.

Question 5

What is the difference between absolute and relative changes?

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Answer 5

Absolute change refers to the simple difference in the indicator over two periods in time, i.e. Relative change expresses the absolute change as a percentage of the value of the indicator in the earlier period, i.e. The concepts of absolute and relative change also apply to indicators measured in percentage terms, for example unemployment rate.