Regeneration - EQ4 Flashcards
What economic measures can be used to measure deprivation?
- Income deprivation
- Employment deprivation
What social factors can be used to measure deprivation?
- Education, skills and training deprivation
- Health deprivation and disability
- Barriers to housing services
- Crime
What environmental factors can be used to measure deprivation?
-Living environment deprivation
What is income deprivation?
The proportion of people experiencing deprivation linked to income e.g. they are out of work
What is employment deprivation?
The percentage of working age people who want to work but cannot e.g. because of sickness or disability
What is education, skills and training deprivation?
Measures the lack of educational attainment in the population
What is health deprivation and disability?
Measures the risk of premature death and inequality of life expectancy caused by sickness
What is barriers to housing and services?
Measures the affordability of housing and the location of said houses to services
What is living environment deprivation?
Measures the quality of houses and external environmental quality e.g air quality
What regeneration is taking place in Barking town centre?
- New retail, commercial and residential spaces have been created
- Over 400 homes and 1000m2 of comercial space has been created
What regeneration is taking place in the Gascoigne Estate?
- 1500 new homes by 2024
- New schools, a community centre and an outdoor leisure space
What regeneration is taking place in Barking riverside?
- 11,000 new homes, 5 schools, health centres, places of worship and community spaces
- 65,000m2 of commercial, retail and leisure spaces
- 6000 jobs created by 2020
What regeneration is taking place in Beam Park?
- 40,000m2 of work places
- A hotel and a pub already employ local residents
What regeneration is taking place in Dagenham dock?
- The area is now a substantial business area
- The area has a plastic bottle recycling plant and a biomass production plant
Has the Regeneration in Barking and Dagenham Reduced deprivation?
Yes, on a whole the measures of regeneration have either stayed the same or improved in the aforementioned areas that have been regenerated
What are the 3 investment strategies used in urban regeneration?
- Private: e.g. Westfield led lots of investment in Stratford
- Public: e.g. The government spent billions of pounds to bid for and set up the olympics
- Public/Private: e.g. The Docklands: The Government gave grants to property developers who built the area
Who were the political stakeholders in the Olympic Park Regeneration?
The U.K central government: The Government wanted to ensure that the games were sustainable and that the area would be used post 2012
Local governments: Four London boroughs hosted the games and all of them wanted them to be sustainable
Regional Governments: The London Assembly was responsible for the smooth running of the games and ensured that development in East London continued after the game
Who were the other stakeholders involved in the Olympic Park Regeneration?
Local economy stakeholders: Many local companies had to be moved to make way for the games
Environmental stakeholders: The construction of the Olympic park also involved cleaning up the environment around the park and creating new wetland habitats
Stakeholders in people: The construction of the athletes village resulted in the relocation of many families. The athletes village was also converted into affordable housing
What rural disadvantage does Cornwall face?
They are not attractive to investors because of their low population density
Cornwall’s young and well qualified residents are forced to move away to find work
What is objective one funding?
Cornwall receives funding from local and national governments and the EU who each match the others investment
This is hoped to reduce regional disparities in income, wealth and opportunities between rural and urban areas
Who are the Governmental stakeholders in Cornwall?
The EU: has given Cornwall convergence funding since 1999
The UK government: Gives direct investment into Cornwall
Local governments: Employ the majority of people in Cornwall
Who are the other stakeholders in Cornwall?
Local economy stakeholders: Banks have cut back their investment in small businesses since 2007
Environmental stakeholders: Cornwall has huge potential for renewable energy
Stakeholders in people: Education
What is the Watergate Bay Regeneration project?
An extreme spots academy that employees 50-60 people
Jaime Oliver’s fifteen
What is the Wave Hub Regeneration project?
Acts as a socket for wave energy converted across Cornwall to be plugged into and converted to usable energy
The project will earn £76 million for Cornwall and create 170 jobs across the next 25 years
What is the Combined universities?
In an attempt to develop the knowledge economy the university was set up
As well as offering courses, it also helps graduates set up local businesses to retain money in the area
The student economy in Falmouth has resulted in a thriving economy
