Regeneration EQ2

Question 1

What is a successful region?

Answer 1

area with high rates of employment, inward migration, investment in infrastructure and low levels of deprivation

Question 2

What is an example of a successful region?

Answer 2

Sydney

Question 3

How is Sydney a successful region?

Answer 3

highly multi-cultural city- 30% pop are migrants
high number of quaternary sector jobs
3rd Global city- terms of connectivity and economic output
in 2 different time zones making trading easy with USA + Europe
high average salary- cost of living higher
young economically active pop
climate favourable to work in

Question 4

What are the disadvantage of Sydney being a successful region?

Answer 4

very effected by climate change
lack of public transport
risk of wild fires
high living costs

Question 5

What is a region in decline?

Answer 5

area with high levels of deprivation, dereliction and spiral of decline

Question 6

What is an example of a region of decline?

Answer 6

Rust Belt, North-East of the USA

Question 7

What is the Rust Belt?

Answer 7

once one of the largest producer and exporter of metals and coals

Question 8

What happened to make the Rust Belt a region of decline?

Answer 8

largely deindustrialised due to global shift to china
survive only due to gov subsidies
high paid primary + secondary jobs replaced by low wage tertiary/service jobs
outward migration = brain drainage
high crime rates
high rates of unemployment
large number of people claiming benefits

Question 9

What is a negative multiplier?

Answer 9

downward spiral/cycle where economic conditions produce less spending leading to less investment causing continual decline of things

Question 10

What is a sink estate?

Answer 10

council housing estates that are least desirable to live in, shortest waiting list for housing
tend to have lowest income, most in need residents, high deprivation and crime
Eg Lower Falinge

Question 11

What is a gated community?

Answer 11

Wealthy residential areas that are fenced off + have security gates and entry systems
usually found near sink estates

Question 12

What is declining rural settlements?

Answer 12

rural villages suffering pop decline + service deprivation
not much income, generally older people living their so less abled workers

Question 13

What is a commuter village?

Answer 13

places where people live to travel to work as it is cheaper
Eg hebden

Question 14

How can we measure levels of engagement?

Answer 14

Voting turnouts- more votes = more involved
Community involvement- how many people help with projects

Question 15

What does having a lived experience mean?

Answer 15

Person’s first hand experience of a particular place, their thoughts, feelings, opinions and attitudes to where they lived

Question 16

What factors can affect attachment to a place?

Answer 16

Age/gender
activities/events available
Length of residence
Ethnicity
Deprivation levels
Culture/religious factors
Students/migrants

Question 17

How does deprivation affect levels of engagement?

Answer 17

More derived areas are likely to be affected by neighbours as social ties and monitoring are important so are influenced not to vote
Believe that their vote is unlikely to make much of a difference
Feel alienated by mainstream politics
Being extremely deprived cannot help by voting so becomes meaningless

Question 18

Why might engagement make regeneration more successful?

Answer 18

As more people involved and projects are more widely accepted as more involved with decisions
Stops problems/concerns becoming out of control
Can use local knowledge so solutions are useful

Question 19

How can priorities for regeneration cause conflict?

Answer 19

As people believe they should be priority or that they don’t need the regen
If gov don’t ask or think about community needs + wants then causes conflict

Question 20

Why is Falinge Estate have a perceived need for regeneration?

Answer 20

Most derived areas in England for 5 consecutive years
72% unemployed
4/5 children in poverty
£3.4mill fund for 26 new houses

Question 21

How did the olympics great creative tensions due to regen in London?

Answer 21

Compulsory purchase of houses destroyed communities
People/locals didn’t want it as lost lots of independent shops
Displaced randomly

Question 22

How did the olympics great creative tensions due to regen in London?

Answer 22

Compulsory purchase of houses destroyed communities
People/locals didn’t want it as lost lots of independent shops
Displaced randomly

Question 23

How can you assess the need for regen?

Answer 23

Quantitive- numerical data
Qualitative- descriptive data

Question 24

What are Qualitative indicators for regeneration?

Answer 24

Surveys
Reviews
Social media
Trip advisor
Newspaper articles
Film/tv/ music
Art

Question 25

What are quantitative indicators for regeneration?

Answer 25

Crime stats
Football counts
Loss of land
Literacy rate
Dereliction/housing availability
House prices
Pop stats
Employment/ health
IMD