Recap 16 Flashcards
Give example of regeneration in Wembley.
- 7,000 new homes,
- 350,000sq ft. of new offices and shops – including the London Designer Outlet shopping centre
- Boxpark Wembley – capital’s third street food and bar mall
Give examples of the contrasting opinions of changes in Wembley.
Lack of community involvement in the regeneration plans.
Tension, perhaps rather than conflict, is frequently created whenever and wherever there is a change in the use of particular living space. Give an example of a change.
Residents are displaced by road improvements or independent shops in the high street are pressured to sell up to national retailing chains.
When migration into an area begins to change the basic character of the residential population. Tension is created between two groups, who?
The long-term residents and the new incomers.
What does much of the tension seems to be rooted in?
In a widespread dislike of change on the part of established residents.
When is the tension likely to be intensified?
Where there are ethnic or string socio-economic differences between the two groups.
There has been a history of racially motivated riots in the UK, give examples.
The Notting Hill (London) riots in 1958
The Brixton riots (London) in 1981
Riots are complex and almost always occur in deprived areas. What are often the root cause of people rioting?
Poverty, deprivation and lack of opportunity are often the root cause of people rioting.
The Bury Park area of Luton has experience the so-called ‘white flight,’ how has the population changed?
Once a white working-class area that is now predominantly Muslim.
Luton’s built environment has changed due to the arrival of immigrants. Give two ways it has changed.
Bury Park has over 20 mosques and they are also madrassas.
Mosques and madrassas are not well understood by non-Muslims. What does this result in them being linked to?
In some cases that have been linked to Muslim extremism (a charge many Muslims consider unfair).
In 2016, what did a BBC report identify Luton as being?
The second largest source of jihadists , after London, travelling to Syria in support of ISIS
However, Luton has also seen demonstrations and clashes. Who is involved in these?
Far-right groups such as the EDL.
It is perhaps fait to say there are extreme positions on both sides in Luton. Give evidence to support this.
A minority of white British people feel the scale and pace of ethnic change in Luton has threatened their culture, and a minority of Muslims take an extreme religious position and support causes that the majority of UK residents do not.
Why is Luton’s Asian population as example of social exclusion?
Luton’s Asian population is significantly more deprived than either the local black or white population.
