Manchester: Moss Side And Hulme Patrnership (regeneration CS) Flashcards
What is a city challenge scheme?
A project to regenerate uk cities in 1990s. It came after docklands project started and included places like Manchester and Liverpool
What is an advantage of city challenge schemes?
They worked with local people to ask them what they wanted building, and it had one affordable houses
What is the disadvantage of city challenge schemes?
The amount of money the gov gave was small, as cities had to compete for funding
How much money was spent on the regeneration of run down areas in Manchester?
400 million pounds
What problems did the area have before regeneration?
- reputation for riots
- drug turf wars
- crime
- inner city blight
Where did the money come from?
European regional development funds and single regeneration budget
What did they do to reduce crime rates?
The open plan design which gave criminal easy access to property and easy gateway routes has been replaced, the estate no has streets and walls, enclosing houses
What social benefits have there been?
- new road infrastructure
- over 2000 new homes for sale or rent
- new youth center and sports facilities
- transport improvements
What economic benefits have there been?
- birley fields - a new business park
- 300 new businesses
- university of Manchester created a new data center hiring staff
What environmental benefits have there been?
- four new public parks (green)
- trees planted
How could the investment in youth clubs/ sports help with the fight against crime gangs?
- keeps criminals/ gangs occupied and gives them something to do such as a new hobby, which may stop them from getting bored and resort to crime
