Regeneration Case Studies

Question 1

Successful region- San Francisco Bay

Answer 1

Silicon Valley (Google, Twitter)
Positives
-high employment rates
-inward migration (internal and intl)
-low levels of multiple deprivation
-population 1990=1.5m to 2015-1.9m

Negatives
-high property prices (gentrification) average detached house in Santa Clara is over 1m
-skill shortages

Question 2

Unsuccessful region- Rust Belt

Answer 2

Detroit
-movement of manufacturing- spiral of decline
-high levels of social deprivation (education, healthcare, crime) in deindustrialised urban and rural areas once dominated by primary economic activities
-population 1970-1.5m to today 635k

Question 3

Sydney as a successful global city

Answer 3

over 250 languages spoken
30% residents born overseas
in 2011- over 450k businesses based in Sydney
Australian Bureau of Statistics- SE coast as most socio-economically advantaged place

Question 4

How has Sydney achieved this status?

Answer 4

low deprivation and high employment
-median age 36= young active workforce
– focus on quaternary

Question 5

What are the costs and benefits of Sydney as a successful global city?

Answer 5

high average incomes=high living costs
5-15th world most expensive city
BUT HIGH QOL

Question 6

UK gov policies eg deregulation of capital markets and immigration

Answer 6

From 2010, David Cameron imposed ‘good immigration not mass immigration’

enabling foreign investment in London prime real estate eg encouraging EU and US banks to open in London
created 30% UK GDP by 2008

Question 7

Science and technology parks as the role of local governments

Answer 7

The Cambridge science park-established in 1970- 105 companies+ 6,500 employees
attracted AstraZeneca TNC

Question 8

London Olympics 2012- regeneration strategy

Answer 8

LOWER LEA VALLEY
Costs
construction scheme lasting years=disrupts communities

Benefits-300 million- Olympic site into the “Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park”, -housing, new schools, health centres, business space and sports venues

The Olympic Village= 2,800 flats- spacious courtyards, gardens and balconies.

1000 new trees planted in East London
electrical vehicles 200 transported Olympians encouraging green travel

46k worked and 10% previously unemployed

Question 9

Powys Regeneration Partnership as private/public rural diversification

Question 10

Glasgow ‘Scotland with style’- rebranding attracting tourists

Question 11

Bronte country, Kielder forest- rural rebranding

Question 12

Albert Docks

Question 13

Anfield- regeneration project

Question 14

North Antrim Coast