London Docklands- government strategy inner city

Question 1

What was done?

Answer 1

Bring back the docks

Derelict land reclaimed

Question 2

Who was involved?

Answer 2

The London docking
LDPC
businesses

Question 3

When did it happen?

Answer 3

1980-1990

Question 4

Where did the funding come from?

Answer 4

£7.7 billion in private sector

£11 billion on public sector investments

Question 5

What was done do improve the area?

Answer 5

5 new health care centres 
11 primary schools and two secondary schools built 
8500 jobs created 
26047 houses built 
Light railway and an airport built

Question 6

What was it like a brownfield site?

Answer 6

Derelict houses
Lacked modern amenities
50% of docklands derelict

Question 7

What were the causes of decline?

Answer 7

Docks became abandoned
Ship yards closed
Close of the docks meant that new housing was too expensive for the locals and new jobs required wrong skills for them

Question 8

What was the environmental regeneration?

Answer 8

160000 trees planted

130000 hectares of open space creates

Question 9

What was the social regeneration?

Answer 9

7900 local authority houses were refurbished
19,800 new homes have been built
£100 million spend on health care and education
New shopping centre and sports centre

Question 10

What was the economic regeneration?

Answer 10

Between 1981 and 1996 employment increase from 27000- 69975

4500 jobs created