Regeneration: Liverpool

Question 1

key facts

Answer 1

Waterfront was declared a UNESCO world heritage site as it reflects the area’s historic importance as a trading port, it now has 4 million visitors a year

£5 billion scheme allowing for many opportunities (housing, offices, waterfront quarter)

Regenerated a 60-hectare historic dockland to create a world class, high quality, waterfront feature

Improved retail services and shopping centres with 160 new stores, allowing competition with other UK cities

the city’s economy was boosted by £800 million of additional income in 2008 alone

Question 2

The Atlantic Gateway Project

Answer 2

nearly 65km long

£75 billion growth corridor from the Port of Liverpool to Manchester

Question 3

Liverpool Waters

Answer 3

Liverpool Waters is part of the Atlantic Gateway Project

Liverpool Waters covers 2km of waterfront with plans for 9000 flats, shops, office space, a new cruise terminal and cultural buildings designed to attract Chinese businesses, reflecting the twinning of the city with Shanghai

The flagship 55-storey Shanghai Tower will be the tallest skyscraper outside London

Liverpool Waters: A ‘Waterfront for the World’

Question 4

Stakeholders

Answer 4

National government provided £5 billion fund for the scheme and gave framework and ideas for local government to act on

Local government

UN was involved in declaring the Liverpool docklands a UNESCO world heritage docks

developers, such as Urban Splash and Liverpool Vision

Chambers of commerce

Question 5

Conflicts

Answer 5

conflict though local communities because of increased congestion and pollution

conflicts because gentrification putting pressure on poorer communities

conflicts because chambers of commerce threatened by large new companies that can beat their prices and reduce their profits