Regeneration-EQ4

Question 1

Define Social progress

Answer 1

How an individual/ community has improved their status in society over time

Question 2

Describe the measures used to measure social progress

Answer 2

• education
• health
• crime levels
• barriers to housing and services

Question 3

Define Living environment deprivation

Answer 3

Measures local environmental quality, including housing quality, air quality and traffic levels.

Question 4

What investment strategies are used in urban regeneration?

Answer 4

Private investment
Public-private partnership
Public sector investment

Question 5

Private investments example

Answer 5

When a private investor or company puts money into a development.
E.g. Westfield Stratford

Question 6

Public-private partnership

Answer 6

When the government gives grants and land to developers who create buildings jobs and housing
Example: Docklands

Question 7

Public sector investment example

Answer 7

When the government invests in projects/developments

Example: London olympics

Question 8

Who were the key stake holders involved in the Olympic park regeneration

Answer 8

Uk central government agencies 
Local governments regional government 
Regional government 
Local economy stake holders 
Environmental stake holders 
Stakeholders in people

Question 9

Uk central government agency

Answer 9

the London Legacy development Coporation was formed to over see the use of venues post 2012 as well as increasing employment and housing

Question 10

What was the Olympic site like before regeneration

Answer 10

• low achievements in education
• industrial waste lands
• Higher than average unemployment
• Low household incomes

Question 11

Social pros of the Olympic Games

Answer 11

• Athletes village being turned into about 3000 new homes
• new school opened on the Olympic site
• unemployment fell during the Olympics

Question 12

Economics pros of the olympics

Answer 12

• The olympics generated £10 billion pounds in extra income for the UK
• All of the Olympic venues were able to be sold off to private companies

Question 13

Environmental pros of the olympics

Answer 13

• New habitats were created in the green parkland
• the quality for the river Lea’s water has improved
• the brownfield sites were cleaned up

Question 14

Social cons of the olympics

Answer 14

• 450 housing association flats were torn down
• High levels of unemployment in the borough still remain
• The construction of the site employed few local people

Question 15

Economic costs of the olympics

Answer 15

• The stadium cost 3x times the estimate
• 8.77 billion pounds of tax payers money was spent
• existing businesses were shut down

Question 16

Environmental cons of the Olympics

Answer 16

• wildlife had to be relocated
• Building material was imported
• Games produced 3.3 million tonnes of CO2

Question 17

How does convergences funding work?

Answer 17

• business owner raises some money
• organisations, such as local, regional and national government then match fund this money
• the business can start with investment
• investment is payed back with creation of new jobs and boost to the local economy

Question 18

Key players in Cornwalls regeneration

Answer 18

• EU: convergence funding
• UK central government agencies
• Local government
• Stake holders in the economy
• Environmental stake holder: National trust, RHS and English heritage
• Stake holders in people

Question 19

What is Brain drain and how is it being combated in Cornwall

Answer 19

• When young people with a good education leave for urban areas to find high skilled jobs
• Cornwall is trying to combat brain drain by setting up Combined universities with local colleges and Exeter to up skill people to attract knowledge based companies

Question 20

Define sustainable development

Answer 20

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the the ability of future generations to meet their own needs