Lesson 12 Flashcards
What is infrastructure?
Basic physical and organisational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society
What is rebranding?
Creating a new look for an area
What is remerging?
Part of a regeneration strategy by changing the image or name of a place to change how people view it
What is the Northern Powerhouse?
A proposal to boost economic growth in the North of England
What is the national government responsible for?
considering the level of inequality across the country as having disparities doesn’t aid development
What is the best know disparity?
North and South Divide
Most investment down south around London resulting in other places suffering
What is the main infrastructure money spent on?
London’s tube system
What is HS2?
A high speed rail network
What would be the social benefits of HS2? (3)
improve transport network
treble capacity
Cut journey times
What would be the social drawbacks of HS2? (3)
Not a lot of jobs for size of project
disruption
opposition
What would be the environmental benefits of HS2? (2)
reduce congestion
Less air journeys needed
What would be the environmental drawbacks of HS2? (4)
Loss of biodiversity, Britons favourite tree
Noise pollution
Historic buildings demolished
New homes destroyed
What would be the economic benefits of HS2? (3)
boost economy - 60,000 jobs
attract investment
rebalance economy between north and south
What would be the economic drawbacks of HS2? (3)
political pressure
existing rail network could be working at a loss
70% of jobs in London
