Methods of re-imaging for urban areas

Question 1

Method of re-imaging in urban area: Promoting advantages for businesses

Answer 1

Advertising the global links, buildings and potential life style attracting businesses to benefit a place economically and socially.

Question 2

Method of re-imaging in urban area: Sport/ Music stadia

Answer 2

Improvements linked to a major sporting or cultural event

For example the 2012 Olympics became a catalyst for regeneration of run-down parts of the Lea Valley in East London

Question 3

Method of re-imaging in urban area: Cultural quarters

Answer 3

Promoting culture such as museums and theatres to increase visitor numbers.

Parts of the urban area might provide a distinctive cultural background which becomes an attraction.

Question 4

Method of re-imaging in urban area: Festivals

Answer 4

Festivals that boost tourism numbers every year

Question 5

what is the positive multiplier effect

Answer 5

When the development of one service or industry has a positive effect on other services and industries e.g. Tourism not only creates jobs in the tertiary sector, it also encourages growth in the primary and secondary sectors of industry.

Question 6

Method of re-imaging in urban area: Industrial heritage

Answer 6

Restoration of industrial areas attracts visitors or the development of small craft industries

Question 7

Method of re-imaging in urban area: Flagship developments

Answer 7

A development encourages new businesses and tourist attractions

For example the Scottish event campus In the river Clyde

Question 8

What is a flagship development

Answer 8

A high-profile land and property development providing a catalyst for further redevelopment