Olympic Park Stratford - Urbanization

Question 1

Where is the olympic park found

Answer 1

Stratford is in the borough of Newham and was one of the most deprived communities in London
27% of children lived in Low Income families
The park was built here to try and regenerate the area

Question 2

Social impacts of the olympic park

Answer 2

P:
40% of the 2,818 homes will be affordable and the olympic park will become a neighbourhood housing 8000
Unemployment fell during the olympic period

N
Properties were demolished to make way for the site
The new ‘affordable rents’ arent affordable for the poorest families

Question 3

Economic impacts of the olympic park

Answer 3

P:
Brought £9 billion of investment into East London
Stratford got a tube station and is now the second most connected place in all of london

N:
The total cost of the olympic park was £8.7 billion of tax payer money
Several business like H formans and sons (salmon smoking factory with 50 employees) had to move so people lost jobs

Question 4

Environmental impacts of the olympic park

Answer 4

P:
Built over 500 acres of brownfield
Sustainable and biodiverse vegetation was brought in → 4000 trees and 74,000 plants

N:
The games produce 3.3 million tonnes of Co2
Wildlife had to be relocated → 4000 smooth newts and 300 common lizards