Local Government Decisions

Question 1

How many flats have the olympic village been converted to?

Answer 1

2800 affordable flats

Question 2

What shopping centre was build for the olympics?

Answer 2

Westfield shopping centre

Question 3

Who funds the London legacy development corporation?

Answer 3

The central government

Question 4

What does the London legacy development corporation do?

Answer 4

oversee the legacy of development

Question 5

What are the criteria for success for olympic development?

Answer 5

increased affordable housing and employment

Question 6

Which London boroughs hosted the Olympic games?

Answer 6

1. Tower Hamlets
2. Newham
3. Hackney
4. Waltham
   However these boroughs had no planning control

Question 7

Who was responsible for transport for the London Olympics?

Answer 7

The Mayor of London and London Assembly

Question 8

What were the environmental impacts of the London Olympics development?

Answer 8

New wetlands part of the park on site where there had been widespread dereliction after 1981 dock closure

Question 9

What were the impacts on people of the London Olympic development?

Answer 9

8000 new homes build avadible only to those earning less then £60,000

Question 10

Who led regeneration in Aylesbury?

Answer 10

Aylesbury vale district council

Question 11

What regeneration has taken place in Aylesbury?

Answer 11

1. £47 million spent on waterside theatre

2. Aylesbury campus of Bucks new university

Question 12

Who delayed development of Aylesbury?

Answer 12

the environment agency

Question 13

What did the Aylesbury Society do?

Answer 13

Pressure the local council into preserving buildings

Question 14

What is the type of regeneration taking place in Powys?

Answer 14

tourism/ retail

Question 15

What does the Powys regernation scheme aim to do?

Answer 15

1. Rural diversification

2. create green tourism

Question 16

What players are involved in Powys regeneration?

Answer 16

1. Powys council
2. agricultural industry
3. transition towns

Question 17

Description of the regernaration scheme in Powys?

Answer 17

EU structural funds used to encourage more competative buisnesses to grow.

Question 18

How has the development scheme in Powys regenerated the area?

Answer 18

1. encourages small buisnesses
2. harnesses local talents and skills
3. investment in energy efficency
4. local spending

Question 19

What has Cambridge university trying to do?

Answer 19

Since the 1970s the universities has being trying to utilise scientific expertise to increase wealth of the region

Question 20

Examples of a start up in the Cambridge science park?

Answer 20

Astrazeneca and the Royal Society of Chemistry

Question 21

An example of private sector investment?

Answer 21

The Westfield Shopping Centre. An Australlian shopping company has a 50% stake and borrowed £700 million which is recovered by leasing retail space

Question 22

Example of public sector investment?

Answer 22

The London Olympics which cost £9.3 billion

Question 23

Example and explanation of public private partnership?

Answer 23

The regeneration of London Docks in 80s and 90s. Partnership between government (which handed land and financial grants) and property developers who ensured that regeneration would create jobs, economic growth and housing