regeneration

Question 1

UK Employment + Demographic change

Answer 1

23 million people work
18.4 full-time and 9 part-time
The richest 1% receive 13% of the income
bottom 10% earn less than £288 per week
South East - grow 8%
London - grow 14%
North grow - 3%

Question 2

London Docklands

Answer 2

aim to economically + physically regenerate the area with private investment and to improve living standards
50,000 homes built and £30 million spent on community and £300 million on improving utilities
reclaimed derelict land for parks
unemployment fell from 14.2% to 7.5%
containerisation was the main issue for Docks
100,000 commuters travel there every day
house prices increased

Question 3

Sydney - successful urban regeneration

Answer 3

4.8 million population - 30% born abroad
young economically active workforce - mean 36 years.
450,000 businesses - most are footloose
selective migration policy, well qualified + specific skills
100 beaches and famous infrastructure
Australia’s outback is loosing skilled workers, areas of deprivation and resource supply is diminishing
5th most expensive city in the world

Question 4

Hartlepool

Answer 4

former ship and steel manufacture
unemployment rate 13%
1/4 of shops are empty - lack of spending power

Question 5

Barracks - Glasgow
sink estates

Answer 5

high levels of crime
economic and social deprivation
used to be council estates but have become segregated
2 times more likely to have mental health issues
11 times more likely to be unemployed

Question 6

Stratford

Answer 6

old use - agriculture then factories - 40,000 jobs lost due to deindustrialisation
now a diverse borough with a steady population growth
one of the most deprived boroughs - 6th out of 350)
unemployment rate is 8.6%
sports led regeneration - olympic park
12,000 jobs creates, 28,000 new homes built
copper box and aquatics centre openee for leisure
spent £28 billion on the regeneration - for infrastructure costs, public transport and improving the environment
fish factory and Park Lane residents displaced

Question 7

HS2

Answer 7

high speed rail - connecting LDN to Manchester,Birmingham and Leeds
£50 billion cost
journey time cut by 30 minutes
60,000 construction jobs
route has no stop offs - communitie along route do not benefit

Question 8

Heathrow Airport regeneration

Answer 8

proposing to build third runway
cost of £18.6 billion
help keep 114,000 jobs whilst creating 70,000 new ones
generate £100 billion in benefits
greenpeace and locals are opposed - pollution and environmental damage

Question 9

Cambridge science park

Answer 9

highly skilled scientific researchers developing products that are usually small and technical
cheap land as it is on the outskirts and the ability to expand cheap transport of goods as they are small
close to M11, train station and 4 main London airports

Question 10

Plymouth regeneration.

Answer 10

the economy has been in decline since 1960s
The navy provides 10% GDP
remoteness makes investment difficult
retail regeneration - Drake circus shopping centre
Plymouth science park employs 800

Question 11

Eden Project - Cornwall

Answer 11

generated £1.1 billion - 7 times what it cost for economy
attracts 13 million visitors
employed 600 directly
used 2700 local suppliers
they used an old brownfield and now have a diverse indoor rainforest for educational and preserving abilities.
encouraged broader investment to help regenerate St.Austell town centre.

Question 12

Redruth - Cornwall

Answer 12

top 10 most deprived places in West Europe
2095 people use foodbank and 50% of earnings go towards a house
used to be rich in the mining industry, now people are left with no jobs
brain drain - no skilled workers.

Question 13

London riots

Answer 13

poor relations between police and Black people
anger about bonuses paid to workers
urban deprivation
alienated and disaffected youth population
high youth unemployment
1 million young people are unemployed
high crime rates

Question 14

Gravesend

Answer 14

docks and factories in a past
increase of TNCs on the high street
in one of the most diverse towns in 2015 - large sikh and Polish populations, and many shops accommodate this population.
largest Sikh temple
commuter town
semi-detached houses - increase by 83%
40% in full-time jobs
health - similar to Ipswich - good health for over 80% of the population
employment from 57.3 - 57.5%
77% of gravesham white, from 83% in 2011

Question 15

bull ring - Birmingham

Answer 15

cost £8 million
8000 jobs created
restaurants expanded and new ones created
retail development
art and culture

Question 16

Ipswich

Answer 16

unemployment fell from 5-3.1%
the population of 140,000 - up 4.6% since 2011
white people - 89% to 84%