How Successful Is Regeneration Flashcards
How can regen be successful economically
Higher gdp per capita
Higher average income
Increased Number of businesses in an area
Low poverty rates
High employment
How might regen be seen as socially successful? (People)
Reduced in inequality
Reduced deprivation
Demographic changes
More people staying in education with many going to further education
Increased life expectancy
How might regen be measured as environmentally successful
Reduced levels of pollution (noise and air)
Reduction in browfield land/ derelict and abandoned land
Increased green space
What did regeneration of the Plymouth dockland do? (Jobs)
Provided 1200 new jobs
How many foreign manufacturing comcan be found in plymouth
25
How many jobs are provided by tourism in Plymouth
12,000
How many people are employed by call centres in Plymouth
4000 fast growing
What was plymouth before regeneration
Was a naval town that produced ships
What is the average trend for employment in plymouth
Most secotors (Full, part time) are reduing as well as the unemployed
Only sector improving is self employed
How has cultural regen occurred in plymouth
MTV music events
Guildhall hosts community events
What is the average house price in plymouth
£165,000
What has happened to education in plymouth? (Specific examples not trend)
27,000 uni students
£20 million wave tank
What were some aims of the stratford regeneration scheme
500 acres was polluted brown field sites cleaned and used to create europes largest urban park
Environment- lea valley polluted waters cleaned and new wildlife habitats created
Jobs- 12,000 permenant jobs in olympic park along with many temporary jobs
Accesibility- all facilities are accessible to all age or disability
Why was regeneration needed in Stratford
All areas of stratford and new town were below the London and national average
For example, people with long term illnesses and owner occupation of homes.
How was london negatively impacted by the regeneration
The cost to the wider community- costs £9.3.bn received through tax funding
Causes that were ususally lottery funded recived reduced funds due to olympic funding
26% of local businesses said the games wouldnt be beneficial for business
9% disagree with re-location saying they will lose their business due to costs
What change occurred to violent crime Newham after Stratford regeneration
Violent crime rate reduced from 6.1/1000 in 2009 to 3.1/1000 in 2015
What shopping centre was created by the london regeneration
Westfield shopping centre
What does westfield offer
250 shops
70 places to dine
When did Westfield open? (shopping centre)
2011 1yr before the games
What is the egan wheel
A garh that shows what makes a sustainable community
What makes a community sustainable based on the egan wheel
Active,inclusive and safe
Well run
Environmentally friendly
Well connected
who designed the egan wheel
the government think tank
what is the purpose of the Egan wheel
looks into future communities
used to compare places against each other
how is the information for the Egan wheel collected
part of a questionnaire
extended interview
focus groups
what are some economic ways of measuring the success of regeneration
is there more prosperity and disposable income
How can the success of regeneration be considered using demographic
is there stability
is there net in or out-immigration
improved safety
increased life expectancy
is there a reduced dependency ratio
how can regenerations social success be measured? (Place related)
Is there better safety
are most if not all areas accessible
has peoples image of the place changed (better or worse)
How can the environment of an area be used to see if regeneration was successful
has there been indoor and outdoor improvements
is there less overcrowding
Is there better access to open space facilities (parks)
how many projects did the millennium commission help create
225 projects
how much lottery funding was there for the millennium projects?
£1.3 billion
what millennium projects were successful
Eden project
O2 arena
Tate modern
what was the point of the millennium project
high-risk , imaginative and futuristic ideas
how many projects were unsuccessful? (millennium project)
3 which actually ended up closing
what is the core focus of the Eden project
educational charity that is also a tourist attraction
promote public education and research in flora and fauna
where was the Eden project constructed
160 year old exhausted china clay quarry at Boldelva in Cornwall
what did the Cornwall visitors survey 20004-05 show
the Eden project is the most popular tourist attraction in corwall
1 million visitors in 2004
12.8 million since it opened
what are the positives of the Eden project? (Examples)
contributed £1 billion to Cornish economy
employs 700 and supports 3000 local tourism jobs
2500 local suppliers for its catering supplies
what are the negatives of the Eden project
tensions between local and tourists
increased traffic congestion (many roads are single carriage)
locals see tourists as damaging by littering/ spoil natural beauty
some jobs are only temporary due to seasonal work (combat this by promotions in the winter time)
what was the Earth centre in Doncaster before construction
rural ex-colliery
what was the Doncaster ex Collier turned into to?
environmental tourist centre costing £55million
what was the problem with the earth centre
failed to attract enough of a target audience and closed in 2004
what was the earth centre turned into to
children’s outdoor adventure area
what might happen to the earth centres carpark? (Doncaster millennium project)
redeveloped into a housing scheme
where is Llanmadoc
Gower peninsula
south wales
what is Llanmadoc
remote rural village
dominated by second homes
what did the local residents do in Llanmadoc?
in 2007 bought £5000 of shares to open a community shop