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Human Geography Regenerating Places Flashcards

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Question- Regenerating places

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Correct answer

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What are the average earnings of people in the North East?

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£15,000-£17,000

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What are the average earnings in the South East?

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£35,000

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Why does London have high pay?

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FDI is attracted; More Quaternary Industry

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Why do coastal regions have lower pay?

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Seasonal Jobs; Brain Drain; Limited Infrastructure

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What % of children in Camden live in poverty compared to what % nationally

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34% compared to 21%

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What is youth unemployment in Camden?

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7%

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What % of deaths are considered premature in Camden?

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43%

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How many small areas are measured by the English indices of deprivation?

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32,844

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Name 3 factors that the “English Indices of deprivation” considers

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Income; Employment; Education

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State four causes for change to a region

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Physical factors (e.g. Blackpool); Accessibility and connectedness (eg.HS2); Local and national planning

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12
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What proportion of the UK has been supplied with superfast fibre optic broadband?

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02-Mar

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13
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What process is occurring in Leeds?

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Studentification

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What process is occurring in Notting Hill?

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Gentrification

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What process is occurring in Bradford?

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Multiculturalism

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What is occurring in Cornwall?

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Tourism

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How many primary schools closed in Cornwall?

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220

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When were the Bradford race riots?

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2001

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19
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How many crimes on average were committed in Hyde park?

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183

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What process is occurring in Longbridge?

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Deindustrialisation

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What are a symbol of prosperity and investment in London’s Canary Wharf?

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Skyscrapers

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How much spending was there on schools in the Northern Powerhouse?

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£45billion

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How much of government spending was on health in the Northern Powerhouse?

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£150billion

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How many international gateways are there in the Northern Powerhouse?

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9

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How many business start ups were there in 2014 in the Northern Powerhouse?

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65,000

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How many goods are exported annually from the Northern Powerhouse?

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60billion

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27
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What town has faced problems from Immigration?

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Boston

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What are the transport options like in Upton Upon Severn?

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M5 close by; Limited bus services; Nearest train = Malvern; Relatively unconnected

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What is the phrase used to describe multiple industries that locate in the same place?

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Agglomeration of industry

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30
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What did Gunner Mydral suggest?

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Upwards cumulative causation

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Name three examples of features of a successful place

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High employment; Low deprivation; Inward migration

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32
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How many additional well qualified workers are needed by 2020 in Berkshire?

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70,000

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33
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How much are property prices rising by in Berkshire?

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40-50%

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How much had the population risen by in Berkshire between 2001 and 2011?

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6.40%

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How much had the population risen by in Slough between 2001 and 2011?

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16.30%

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How many crimes go unsolved in Detroit?

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07-Oct

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37
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How many adults in Detroit have a college degree? What is the national average?

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18% compared to 27% nationally

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What type of city has encouraged IT and digital media, higher wages, graduate workers, new businesses and productivity as a focus for regeneration? Particularly larger cities.

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Reinventor

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39
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What type of city replaced cotton mills with call centres and distribution centres, often employing lots of workers with lower qualifications?

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Replicator

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What term refers to not catering for all social classes and when society is divided?

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Social Stratification

41
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Name an example of two places with a Sink Estate?

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Greater Middlehaven; Hulme

42
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How much did Greater Middlehaven council invest to improve services in the region?

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£215million

43
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What did Greater Middlehaven create in terms of jobs and new homes? What other improvements did they make?

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1500 jobs; 100 new homes; New police headquarters; Waterside office development

44
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What was the unemployment rate in Hulme in 1991?

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39%

45
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What % of people in Hulme were on income support in 1991?

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60%

46
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What was the % of people in Hulme who left education at 17 in 1991?

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74%

47
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What % of people have no car in Hulme in 1991?

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81%

48
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Name an example of two commuter villages

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Yate, Bristol; Itchen Valley, Winchester

49
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Name an example of two gated communities

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London, Docklands; Diagonal Mar; Barcelona

50
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What is civic engagement?

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The ways in which people participate in their community in order to improve the quality of life.

51
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Give three examples of political civic engagement

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Membership to a political party; Voting; Protests

52
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What types of people are politically engaged?

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Elderly people

53
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What types of people are not politically engaged?

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DE social grade

54
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What did IPSOS Mori find in relation to the political engagement of young people in 2013?

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Decline in political involvement of 18-24 years olds

55
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What are the three ways we can measure the need for regeneration?

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Qualitative data; Quantitative data; Media portrayal

56
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How much will the new runway at Heathrow cost?

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£18.6billion

57
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How much money could a third runway at Heathrow generate?

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£100billion

58
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How many new jobs would be created by a new runway at Heathrow?

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70,000

59
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How many jobs will the development of HS2 generate?

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40,000

60
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How much money will be generated from the development of HS2?

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£59billion

61
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When was the National planning policy announced?

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20th December 2010

62
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Between which years was the Right to Buy scheme at its peak?

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1980-1995

63
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How many council houses were sold under the Right to Buy scheme?

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2million

64
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What is shared ownership?

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Buying a proportion of the property and renting the other through the housing association

65
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What is the Help to buy scheme?

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Loan given to reduce the deposit required to help get onto the property ladder- in new builds for first time buyers

66
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Between what years did Labour governments drive an increase in social housing?

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1918-1940s

67
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How much gas will need to be imported by 2020?

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70%

68
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Give an example of two fracking sites

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Lake District; Lancashire

69
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What has the company Cuadrilla offered to pay to local communities to encourage fracking?

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£100,000 plus 1% of revenues

70
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How much money was made in Cabot Circus from retail led regeneration?

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£500million

71
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How many more parking spaces were made in Cabot Circus?

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2500

72
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How many full time jobs has tourism created in Leeds?

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20,000

73
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In 2009, what place did Leeds come in the most visited city in England by UK visitor statistics?

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8th

74
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How many high tech jobs were created by the 2012 London Olympics?

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3000

75
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How many of the world’s journalists attended the Olympics?

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30,000

76
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How many companies had to move to make room for the Olympic park?

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380

77
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How many tickets were sold to the Olympics?

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9million

78
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Name three stakeholders to the London Olympics who has positive attitudes.

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Athletes; Spectators; Government

79
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Name three stakeholders to the London Olympics who has negative attitudes.

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Local people; Less Qualified workers

80
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Name three stakeholders in Powys

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Farmers; Local Governments; Business owners

81
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In regeneration in Powys, how many volunteers were there? And how much did they contribute to the local economy?

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26,000; £173.6million

82
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How much does tourism add to the Bradford region?

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£500million

83
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When did the Titanic Quarter open in Belfast?

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2009

84
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How many long term jobs did the Titanic Quarter provide?

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20,000

85
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How many visitors were there to the Titanic Quarter in the first year of opening?

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800,000

86
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How much did the Titanic Quarter provide in terms of visitor attraction?

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£97million

87
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How much was invested into new Bronte branded buses in Haworth in 2015?

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£210,000

88
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When was the fair-trade village in Haworth opened?

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2002

89
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When did Haworth fair trade partner with Machu Picchu in Peru?

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21st October 2005

90
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How many days trips are there to Haworth each year?

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8.6milliom

91
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What % of healthcare was good in Island Ward in 2001 compared to 2011?

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57%; 84%

92
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What % of healthcare was good in Belfast in 2001 compared to 2011?

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75%; 80%

93
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What % of healthcare was good in Haworth in 2001 compared to 2011?

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71%; 35%

94
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What % of healthcare was good in Bradford in 2001 compared to 2011?

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67%; 36%

95
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What % of households owed their house with a mortgage in Island Ward in 2001 compared to 2011?

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11%; 68%

96
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What % of households owed their house with a mortgage in Belfast in 2001 compared to 2011?

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31%; 63%

97
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What % of households owed their house with a mortgage in Haworth in 2001 compared to 2011?

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50%; 42%

98
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What % of households owed their house with a mortgage in Bradford in 2001 compared to 2011?

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42%; 35%

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