Lesson 16b - Assessing Strategies In Urban Areas

Question 1

What does the average house cost in Oxford?

Answer 1

£340,864
11x the average wage

Question 2

How many homes does Oxford need by 2031 to satisfy local demand?

Answer 2

24-32,000

Question 3

Why is recruitment to facilities difficult in Oxford?

Answer 3

Lack of housing choice + affordability
Can’t facilitate working population

Question 4

How is housing adversely affecting University in Oxford?

Answer 4

Universities held back in global competition for best research talent
Public service staff (health, education) struggle to find accommodation

Question 5

Why have house prices undertaken such a dramatic increase in Oxford?

Answer 5

Large proportion of the population commute to London for work
House prices have risen in relation to London wage rather than Oxford wage

Question 6

Why has Oxford struggled in providing new housing?

Answer 6

Tight administrative boundary
Shortage of suitable land within boundary
Green belt land outside boundary

Question 7

How many potential green belt sites did the local council identify in their 2014 review?

Answer 7

6

Question 8

How has the govt tried to encourage the construction of affordable housing in Oxford?

Answer 8

Regulation - Planning permission for new dwellings must include prescribed number of affordable dwellings
Subsidising rent + sale prices

Question 8

What have 3 of the potential green belt sites since been regarded as?

Answer 8

Good prospects for development

Question 9

How do young adults + first home owners feel about the housing crisis?

Answer 9

Crisis needs immediate resolution
Extremely high housing demand

Question 10

How do lifelong residents + the retired feel about the housing crisis?

Answer 10

Less keen to find solution
Properties have appreciated multiple times
Selling property and moving away provides significant boost to pension

Question 11

What are the views of the Oxford City Council?

Answer 11

City needs support in search for appropriate residential land

Question 12

What are the views of social services + employers within Oxford?

Answer 12

Recruitment becomes difficult
Service provision is restricted
Adverse effects on business

Question 13

Wgat are the views of NGO’s + environmental corporations?

Answer 13

Concerned about heritage conservation + protection
Strictly oppose use of green belt land

Question 14

What are the views of the UK government?

Answer 14

Anxious that city + university will fail to retain their beneficial global reputations

Question 15

Name 3 key stakeholders within Oxford

Answer 15

Oxford city council
Universities (Oxford + Oxford Brookes)
Social services
City employers

Question 16

Name 3 key stakeholders outside of Oxford

Answer 16

Oxford county council
Residents of areas shortlisted for new housing
NGOs
UK government
National + international firms with university relations