Industry - Consequences of WCS Industry decline

Question 1

4 Economic reasons

Answer 1

• High unemployment in dock and mining areas
• Lack of space in the inner city
• Old industrial sites were unattractive for new industries
• Poverty and low living standards for unemployed

Question 2

4 Social reasons

Answer 2

• Increased crime rate
• Emigration to cities from dock and mining areas
• Poorer health due to previous harsh working conditions
• Family break downs due to pressure arising from unemployment

Question 3

4 Environmental reasons

Answer 3

• Factories left derelict and tenements boarded up
• Disused railway lines and canals
• Vandalism and derelict land cause visual pollution
• Lack of open space which causes bad environmental quality