Leeds demand for residential areas - Changing Settlements

Question 1

economic impacts

Answer 1

• £72 million spent on it between 1988 - 1995 by the Leeds development corporation building new offices and shops
• quarters within the city centre - financial, shopping and entertainment, this has attracted even more businesses who wish to locate in these booming “quarters”

Question 2

social impacts

Answer 2

• nightclubs, shopping and entertainment in the city are making lots of money due to the large young population
• places at Leeds university are in demand
• student districts have led to the redevelopment of run down areas, many students stay on an build their career in Leeds

Question 3

environmental impacts

Answer 3

• run down 19th century housing redeveloped reducing visual pollution
• pressure is now being put on the council to build on Leeds’s beautiful green space as there is now little space left to build on - leads to decline in quality of life and a loss of biodiversity