EQ4 London Olympics case study

Question 1

When were the london olympics hosted?

Answer 1

2012

Question 2

What economic successes were created after london olympics?

Answer 2

-Additonal 17,900 jobs per year from 2012-15
-Massive increase in tourism
-£10 billion of trade + investment 12 months after games
-Unemployment rates got better

Question 3

What were the economic losses after london olympics?

Answer 3

-Demolition of clays lane estate
-Sold to qatari prince and rent began around £1,750 a month

Question 4

What were the social needs for regeneration?

Answer 4

-High population density
-Lower education rates in stratford than rest of London

Question 5

What were the social successes created after olympics in london?

Answer 5

-New housing, schools, health centers and sports venues
-Olympic village is the largest sustainable home project in the UK
-13,000 new homes in total

Question 6

What were the social losses caused by the london olympics?

Answer 6

-People were displaced
-Thousands of former residents were re-housed elsewhere
-Most of the housing was not affordable

Question 7

What were the environmental successes created by the London olympics?

Answer 7

-Cleaned more than 2 million tones of contaminated soils
-Over 1000 new trees were planted in east London.

Question 8

What were the environmental losses created by the London Olympics?

Answer 8

-Sihmificant carbon footprint during construction phase
-Made bad decisions on the roads (they made them wide to get athletes and officials around fast enough but there’s not much car traffic anymore so they should’ve just focused on pedestrians.