🎀London Docklands- Redevelopment Of UDC Flashcards
Causes of London dock lands declining?
Docks became derelict and abandoned.
No jobs
Houses and buildings needed repairing
Lack of open space and facilities.
What was the London docklands like as a brownfield site?
Early 1950’s London was the busiest part in the world.
Original houses were high density, small and lacked modern amenities.
50% derelict houses
Very hard place to get to due to poor transport links.
Physical / environmental regeneration of London docklands?
160,000 trees were planted .
130,000 hectares of open space was created.
17 conservation areas were created.
Soca regeneration (housing) in London docklands?
19,800 houses built
Many former warehouses converted into luxury flats.
New ham council focused on providing low cost housing.
Proportion of owner occupied houses j creased from 5% to 40%.
Social regeneration (facilities) in London docklands?
New shopping centres have been developed.
Post 16 college, a technical college, a sports centre , a marina and new parks.
Almost £100 million has Ben spent on health, education , training and community programmes.
Does everyone think the London docklands were a success?
No because new housing was too expensive for the locals .
New people could not mix with old people causing conflict and breakdown
More money was spent on new houses and offices than hospitals and services for the elderly.
Economic regeneration (transport) in the London docklands ?
Improved transport links- central London can be reached in 10 minutes.
Railway can carry over 320,000 people a week on its 29km track.
City airport built in royal docks.
144km of new and improved roads.
Economic regeneration ( jobs and industry) in the London docklands ?
Between 1981-1996 businesses increased from 1000-2400.
Employment increased and unemployment decreased.
8500 people now work in the docklands.
£7.7 billion in private sector investment and £1.86 billion in public sector investment.
