EQ3-how regeneration managed

Question 1

local gov

cambridge science park
1970s

Answer 1

-^ inward investment as attractive area
-provide attractive enviroment, purpose built buildings+infrastructure+advice+networking groups
-3rd largest uk growths centre economically
-aims to consilidate ‘golden triangle of life sciences’
PROS:
-7250 employees, 130 companies, 58 buildings, 1.7mill ft2 high tech lab+buildings, 30% foreign owned companies, 61% companies started in cambridge

Question 2

local gov

newquay aero hub

Answer 2

-bad location: its remote+not ideal for operating inter/national businesses, far from uks economic core centre london
-costs:
-250 less jobs then promised+many private companies invested+provided own workforce.
-limited transport connections limiting consumer base
benefits:
-produce 450 high value jobs
-made over 9 large companies invest in newquay
-strategic location: easy access to global markets, enhance international expansion ops for aerospace companies
-offers modern facilities, industry, offices+workshops
-part of robust aerospace ecosystem, research centres+gov bodies

Question 3

heathrow expansion

Answer 3

-3rd runway so more destinations, airlines, onward transport+lower faresthen newhub airport
-create jobs+improve connectivity, reduce unemployement+boost economic growth in deprived areas
-only short term+LT impact on reduce inequality=unclear
-concerns about enviroment+ health consequences

Question 4

benefits of heathrow expansion

Answer 4

-cost effective+large capacity
-employement-support 250,000 jobs
-popularity: in 2001, 8.5million+ passsed thru it=represents 40% of visitors from overseas
-predicted travel growth: ^ from 160mill in 1998 to over 400mill 2020
-70,000 new jobs
-£100bn benefits

Question 5

heathrow expansion:costs

Answer 5

-725,000 live under flight path, high pop density makes it unideal location for airport
-noise+air pollution would ^- john stewart said ‘heathrow becom ebiggest co2 emitter’
-thames estuary better long term alternative
-costs £18.6bn- so only boosts airline profits as ppl in transit spend 0 in london
-lead to destruction of 700 homes
-health of london worse=pollution

Question 6

north south divide

Answer 6

-south=dominated by london+ so large investment is made there so other places suffer
-takes 90mins to drive 65km from newcastle to middlesbrough
-takes 36mins to drive essex to london (also 65km)
-£2595 per person per yr spent on infrastructure in london (8.136mill ppl)+total of £21billion
-£5 per person per year is spent on infrastructure in NE (2.645mill ppl)+total of £13mill
-HS2 aims to link london+birmingham+later leeds n manchester