Inner City Areas MEDC

Question 1

Urban regeneration

Answer 1

Governments spend new money to improve the area to attract new businesses and create new jobs. Part of this involves older buildings (factories, houses etc) being renovated into apartments

Advantages; Improves the look of the area making business more likely to take interest, new services are likely to be opened in regenerated areas, maintains old architecture

Disadvantages; Gentrification (pushing original communities out of regenerated areas), new cafés are only useful to new residents, jobs created often aren’t suited for original residents

Question 2

Housing

Answer 2

Terraced houses were initially built for factory workers. They give limited space for children playing

Older buildings are inefficient as they lack proper insulation and cavity wall causing dampness

Rundown houses became slums that were demolished in the sixties, they were built back to back and had no garden or backdoor and had a shared bedroom

Some houses need renovated eg more bathrooms

The houses were built when there was no cars, now streets are busy, narrow and dangerous for children

Communities in these areas decline as many people move out, unemployment rises due to closing factories

Question 3

Traffic

Answer 3

Traffic is often congest in inner-city areas as;

Streets are narrow since they were built for people not cars

Inner-city residents often have no garages or driveways meaning they have to park on the road

People driving through may park on inner-city streets to avoid parking charges

Question 4

Impact on air quality and journey time

Answer 4

Diesel engines produce particulates which can be fatal if breathed in

Nitrogen dioxide emissions cause 23,500 premature deaths per year

In London congestion adds to 1.4 minutes per kilometre

Congestion in London costs £4billion a year as business vehicles are delayed in traffic jams

Increase in journey time creates more pollution

Cities are trying to lower carbon emissions to improve air quality

Question 5

Parking

Answer 5

Cost; Inner-city parking may add up to be expensive, residents may have to pay for resident only parking, fees for parking illegal may be very high

Availability; Residents who don’t have driveways will have to park on the road, drivers may circle around looking for a parking space creating more congestion and pollution, residents may struggle to get a space as commuters may park in the inner-city