Regeneration: Cornwall Flashcards

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what were the key impacts of the regeneration of Cornwall

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social
- improved education and training, e.g. Jamie Oliver restaurant

economic

  • Cornwall’s economy growing faster than UK average (5.8% per year, 0.4% above the UK’s average)
  • Combined Universities of Cornwall (CUC) attempting to improve ‘knowledge economy’
  • the Eden Project contributed £700 million to Cornwall’s economy

environmental

  • the Eden Project built on a brownfield site (former china clay quarry) holds 100,000 plants and 5,000 species
  • Newquay aero hub led to the destruction of the environment
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what was done to rebrand Cornwall?

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Watergate Bay, Newquay

Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC)

Wave Hub, 2010

Superfast Broadband, 2011

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