Middlesbrough: place of decline

Question 1

Summarize why Middlesbrough can be described as an area of decline

Answer 1

Mass unemployment followed the closure of the steel works in Middlesbrough resulting a in poverty, deprivation, a decline in population and lack of investment.

Question 3

What is the median age and median average weekly income of Middlesbrough?

Answer 3

Median age: 37
Median weekly income:£591

Question 4

By what percentage did the UK steel production fall between 1970 - 1980?

Answer 4

60%

Question 5

What impact did the decline in the steel industry have on Middlesbrough?

Answer 5

Led to:
-unemployment(due to the closure of factories)
- poverty and deprivation (2019 IMD ranked in top 10% of most deprived local authorities in the uk)
- decline in population (young skilled workers leave-brain drain)
- lack of investment ( lack of connectivity = unattractive)

Question 6

What was the unemployment rate in 2016 in middles brought?

Answer 6

7.2% ( double the national average)

Question 7

Now many jobs were lost in Middlesbrough is a result of the closure of Cleveland steel works in 1980?

Answer 7

~ 23 000

Question 8

By what percentage did the Middlesbrough population decline between 1971-2021?

Answer 8

6%

Question 9

What strategies are being attempted to try to improve the area?

Answer 9

• Middlesbrough institute of modern art (MIMA)- designed to attract a series of national projects
• Tees Barage - (old steel works converted for watersports = tourists)
• Wates lead project.

Question 10

What is the Wates Lead Project and now much will it cost?

Answer 10

-£120 million plan to regenerate the centre
- attracting up to 4000jobs.
-Includes 230 built to rent properties ( regeneration of brownfield sites).