Shobnall case study Flashcards
Endogenous factors: land use
- a lot of space taken up as residential area with terraced housing, making parking difficult and there being lots of traffic
- houses generally front directly onto pavement and parking can sometimes cause pavement blockages, stopping wheelchair uses and pushchairs
- a range of housing from terraced housing to more modern homes
- house prices are generally low, which encourages more low income families to move there
- recreational area -> Shobnall Leisure Complex
- retail: clusters of small, medium, traditional shops
- breweries
- distribution warehouses
Endogenous factors: economic characteristics
- 65.3% of people ages 16-74 are economically active - below regional and national averages
- central location allows more transportation of goods
- house pricing isn’t too high so affordable
- 77% employed in Burton full time
- Shobnall Primary School- allowing education for future economic opportunities
- central location attracts more TNCs such as Rolls Royce
Endogenous factors: location
- Centre of England -> led to the development of distribution warehouses, therefore influenced land use and built environment e.g. Clipper and Hobbycraft
- Near the A38 -> accessible for transporting goods
- Approx 30 miles north of Birmingham
- Suburb in south east Burton
- 10 miles south of Derby
Endogenous factors: built environment
- Mainly housing- a lot of terraced housing has been there for a long time
- A lot of housing goes straight onto roads
- Warehouses -> industrial, economic development
- High density buildings in the area- towards the town centre
- Clustering of small, medium and traditional shops
- Large areas of green space to the west of the canal- houses mostly have front and back gardens
- Little green space to the east of the canal
- Town hall
- Small and large retail shops
Endogenous factors: physical geography
- River Trent runs through Burton- gypsum is present in the water which is good for brewing -> beer is good for trading with other areas and provides job opportunities in manufacturing
- Canal that runs through Burton
- Industrial area that allows for economic benefits
Endogenous factors: topography
- Located on flat land in a valley -> densely packed for the availability land, lots of infrastructure and space
- Characterises the place as quite an urban area, allows Burton to expand linearly, industrial area allows warehouses to locate there, flat land allows expansion
- Average elevation of 56m
Endogenous factors: infrastructure
- Terraced housing that backs onto each other
- Most houses have gardens to west of canal but not the east
- Small and medium sized shops along Waterloo street .
- Warehouses
- Town Hall
- Bus Station on high street
- Railway station
Endogenous factors: demographic characteristics
- 2021= 8000, 2011=7000, 2001=6000
- highest age category is 18-64
- 50.1% male, 49.9% female
- 25% ethnic minority in 2001, 35% in 2011, 35% in 2021
- Highest migrant populations are Muslim and Eastern European
Exogenous factors: Proximity to other places:
- Commuter settlement to Birmingham -> 30 mins train from Burton to New Street
- Commuter settlement to Derby -> easy to drive or get the bus (x38 or villager)
- Better job opportunities in bigger cities, more ethnically diverse, different demographic
Exogenous factors: inward investment
- Marston’s brewery/ Coors brewery- a lot of pubs down Shobnall Street, a lot of land use down Shobnall Street used to be housing for brewery workers
- Marmite factory
- Rolls Royce in Burton creates more job opportunities, foreign investment
- Toyota factory - people commute to work there as it’s a central location
Exogenous factors: Tourism
- St George’s Park, nearby football
- The Brewery attracts visitors -> the Nationsl Brewery Centre provided jobs and income before it was shut down
- Sinai Park House -> ghost tours
- Hotels -> Premier Inn, Three Queens Hotel
- Central location of the UK to go anywhere in the UK easily
Exogenous factors: Migration
- 31.8% of the population in Shobnall are Asian
- 33.4% of the Shobnall population are Muslim
- ethnic diversity is increasing
External forces: government policies impact on demographic characteristics
- All new housing developments have to meet government policy on affordable housing -> at least 10% of homes
External forces: government policies impact on cultural characteristics
- Allows people with lower income to live there -> could allow migration
External forces: decisions of multinational corporations on demographic characteristics
e.g. Coors, Unilever, Marmite, distribution centres
- creates jobs for people/ maintain jobs
- attracted people to the area -> growing population
- created low skilled jobs -> initially attracted younger men who then brought family over
- increase in birth rate balancing Shobnall’s ageing population