Inner City Flashcards
What 2 factors caused the inner city decline?
Commuters
Factory closure
What caused factory closure? What’s the problem with it?
Cheaper labour abroad, increases unemployment
Environmental problems with the decline
Derelict buildings get vandalized
Housing is cheaply built, so looks a mess
Social problems with the decline
Difficult to police
Poorer than average levels of health
High drug use and crime rates
Economic problems with the decline
Low income= widespread poverty
Low skilled workers can’t find a job
Urban Development Corporation, London Docklands
Docklands had a high level of unemployment as the docks had closed, so the area began to decline
Large investments were made in the area to transform it
Successes of London Docklands
144km of new roads
2,700 businesses trading
85,000 jobs created
Failures of London Docklands
New housing was mainly modern, luxury apartments, which locals can’t afford
Jobs were mainly highly skilled, so former dockers couldn’t do them
Communities were split up when houses were demolished
City Challenge, Manchester
A bottom up approach to community based improvements in inner city areas, with £37.5 million being invested in Hulme
Successes of City Challenge
Some old builds were kept
Met the needs of the community as their opinions were taken into account
Schools were built
Sustainable Communities, New Islington
Allow people to live in an area where there is housing of an appropriate standard to offer reasonable quality of life, with access to a job, education and health care
Successes of Sustainable Communities
50% of all rubbish is recycled
10 shops
8 GP’s
Boreholes provide 25l of filtered water per second
