Regenerating Places Set 2 Flashcards
Role of the national government - Fracking - What
- Estimated known supply of gas in UK wouldn’t last a year
- Gov sees it as national priority to increase secure energy supplies
Role of the national government - Fracking - Pros
- add to domestic energy supplies
- Fracking companies such as Cuadrilla resources will make considerable profit
Role of the national government - Fracking - Cons
- Causes minor earth tremors
- Pressure groups such as ‘frack off’ claim it can damage national parks etc
Role of the national government - Planning for housing needs and planning laws - What
- Lack of affordable housing
- Labour - led social housing schemes oppose the conservative right-to-but schemes which saw the sale of 2 million council houses
Role of the national government - Planning for housing needs and planning laws - Pros
- More affordable houses
- People in council houses can buy their own homes
Role of the national government - Planning for housing needs and planning laws - Cons
- Underinvestment - potentially due to the economic downturn of 2008
- Inflated house prices
- Short supply of Council houses which could lead to sink estates
Role of the national government - Planning for housing needs and planning laws - Cambridge science park
- make areas attractive to inward investment
- employ 42,000 people in the UK
- Upgrades to the local area
Role of the national government - Planning for housing needs and planning laws - Enterprise zones
- Areas where businesses receive incentives to set up and expand
- now 48 enterprise zones
- business receive tax cuts of up to 100% for 5 years
- e.g. airport city - by Manchester airport - cost £12.5 million to construct but will establish business links with Asia etc
Role of local interest groups
key role in decision making regarding regeneration
Interest groups - Chambers of Commerce
- interests are Socio - economic
- want to help businesses
- Represent local organisations
Interest groups - Trade unions
- Protect rights of the workers
Interest groups - Local preservation groups
- Look after historic sites
- Views are more environmental
Single regeneration Budget
- 1994
- Funding granted to organisations who could demonstrate they had a significant level of public engagement
New labour
- 1997 - 2010
- Supported development of more social housing
- Introduced the pathfinder programme which was a scheme of demolition and construction of new buildings - axed in 2010 as it caused more problems than it solved
Coalition and Conservative governments
- 2010 to present
- Less funding from government
- Difficult economic conditions created by the government measures to reduce public spending
Culture led regeneration
- Film sets such as downtown abbey attract tourists to an area
- Rural areas such as Grasmere where Wordsworth lived
Retail led regeneration
- 2014 Portas review highlighted that the main challenges to high street shops were out-of-town shopping centres and Internet shopping
- Gov support of £1 billion to ensure growth in high street jobs
Tourism led regeneration
- Dependent on the weather - people preferences for Holidays based on Developments in technology and Forums such as Trip adviser
Sport led regeneration
- 2012 Olympics generated inward investment- used as a legacy to help continue investment into the area after the games had finished
Rural diversification led regeneration
- can include selling farm produce and planting woodlands
- half of all farms in the UK see some diversified activity to boost their income
Regeneration strategies - Themes events
e.g. Glastonbury and Edinburgh Christmas market
PROS
- Boost local businesses income
CONS
- Traffic and littering - also an increase in anti-social behaviour
Regeneration strategies - Improved Buildings
e.g. Liverpool docks
PROS
- Brownfield sites can be cheaper than new buildings
CONS
- Old buildings may need significant restoration
Regeneration strategies - Marketing heritage
- e.g. Titanic quarter in Belfast and Southampton
PROS - Brings tourism which boosts the local economy
Rural Re-branding and regeneration strategies - Heritage and literacy associations
- Bowness home to Beatrix potter world and Ulverston had Laurel and Hardy museum
PROS - Attracts tourists and reserves areas heritage
CONS - Not all rural areas have such heritage
