Re-imaging Liverpool Flashcards
1
Q
What issues were Liverpool facing?
A
Deindustrialisation caused economic activity to slow down
- Derelict industrial buildings made up most of the city
- Reputation for rioting + violence developed in 1980s as a result
2
Q
What % of Liverpools population lived in poverty between 1970-2000s?
A
-40% of population lived in poverty from 1970s-2000s
3
Q
How did Liverpool respond to issues?
A
Re-imaging
- Over £2 billion invested from public + private sector into city centre
- Merseyside Development Corporation slogan ‘There’s life in the old docks yet’
- Turned derelict warehouses into Tate Liverpool art gallery
- Focused on ‘selling its past’ - eg. the Beatles
- Won the title of European Capital of Culture in 2008.
4
Q
How much did Liverpool invest in city centre?
Who was this from?
A
-Over £2 billion invested from public + private sector into city centre
5
Q
How did Liverpool deal with deindustrialisation
A
-Turned derelict warehouses into Tate Liverpool art gallery
6
Q
What is reimaging?
A
Changing the existing negative perceptions of a place.
7
Q
What groups were involved in the re-imaging of Liverpool?
A
Liverpool Vision Urban Regeneration Company
Merseyside Development Corporation
