Stratford Case Study

Question 1

Location of Newham

Answer 1

East inner london, north of the thames.

Previously formed east and west ham of Essex county borough.

Question 2

Location of Stratford

Answer 2

The north western corner of Newham, sharing a border with Hackney.

Question 3

What was Stratford pre industrial locale?

Answer 3

•agricultural community
- potato growing due to marshy terrain.

•Slowly was became a retreat for London’s wealthiest citizens.

Question 4

Stratford’s locale: early development

Answer 4

Area became richer = more investment into the area.

Question 5

What was the first factory built in stratford called?

Answer 5

Bow street porcelain factory

Question 6

Explain the victorian acceleration

Answer 6

The area became the main transport hub into the city

• railway built in 1840 = employed 2500 ppl
• royal docks opened in 1855 =key manufacturing centre.

10,000 ppl moved in from all over Europe.

Question 7

When did the london docks open and close?

Answer 7

Opened in 1855

Closed in 1980s

Question 8

What were some examples of industry in stratford?

Answer 8

Textiles
Food
Chemicals
Engineering

Question 9

How many new home were built to support the population during the victorian industrialisation?

Answer 9

30,000

Question 10

Describe the de-industrialisation

Answer 10

Targeted by bombs during 2nd www. =global depression
& automation. 
= 40000 jobs lost
Ppl moved away
Sleep decline

Question 11

How many ppl lost there jobs during stratford deindustrialization?

Answer 11

40,000

Question 12

What was the name of the first regeneration project

LDDC

Answer 12

Londons dockland development corporation.

Question 13

Effects of the lddc

Answer 13

£10 billion investment
25,000 new homes
Canary wharf
Airport.

=richest in london
But caused socio economic divide.

Question 14

What did the olympics hope to achieve for stratford?

Answer 14

Create a legacy of sustainable community.

Question 15

What were peoples perceptions of stratford in the past

Answer 15

During industrialisation = extreme poverty, cramped and unhygienic living.

Area greatly affected by the great stink.

Had many anti- immigration allegations against jewish immigrants -1980s

Question 16

Waht was the aim for the 2013 Olympics regeneration?

Answer 16

They wanted to leave a sustainable legacy to improve residence quality of life.

Question 17

Positive impacts of the games: job creation.

How many?

Answer 17

30,000 in construction
100,000 during the games

350 apprenticeships

Question 18

Pos impacts of the games: new homes. How many?

Answer 18

2,818

Question 19

Give examples of improvements to stratford due to the olympics.

Answer 19

New schools
Improved transport links
New skills in the community

Question 20

What were some negative impacts of the games.

Answer 20

Clays lane housing estate demolished. Displacing 4650 ppl from low cost social housing.

Worry that the athletes village will not be affordable and the clays lane residence did get enough compensation.

House prices rose due to more desirable area.

People felt it was a form of social clensing.

Question 21

What is social cleansing?

Answer 21

Removal of less desirable social class from an area.

Question 22

How much of an increase in property value did Newham see after the new development?

Answer 22

20.8%

Question 23

What are the perceptions of stratford today?

Answer 23

Diverse
Tourists
Split affluent areas and deprived areas

Stratford is losing its roots as the original populations moves away - white flight?

Question 24

How has population fluctuated over the last 200yrs

Answer 24

Started with v low pop. Bur industrialisation = over 400,000 ppl during 1921

Deindustrialisation = pop halved

Regeneration has seen increase in pop in 2001

Question 25

What is predominant ethnicity of Newham demographic?

Answer 25

Asian/ asian British.

43%

Question 26

What is the percentage of white British people in the Newham

Answer 26

29%

Question 27

Percentage of black/ black british pop in Newham

Answer 27

20%

Question 28

What different techniques for data representation can be used to show changing demographic and cultural characteristics in Stratford?

Answer 28

• Bar chart = changing population.
• Pie chart = ethnic and religious demographic
• choropleth map = show percentage of newcomers to an area in the last 2 yrs.
• line graph = average household income in newham stratford and london = compare.

Question 29

what ranking does Newham have for crime rate in London?

Answer 29

4th highest

Question 30

between 2009 and 2010 what was the percentage increase in gun crime?

Answer 30

52%

Question 31

what was the percentage of Newham residence that live areas that are amongst the 5th most deprived area in england

Answer 31

86%

Question 32

Newham has had the ………… …….. ……… in the country for several years (2010

Answer 32

highest birth rate

Question 33

what was the general health of people in Newham

Answer 33

poor health and life expectancy is lower than the national average.

Question 34

relocation

Answer 34

people rehoused from tower blocks and carpenters estate in E25 area.
health risk from asbestos
or social clensing

Question 35

polarisation

Answer 35

new developments create to separate worlds in a neighbourhood.
the existing population in the centre surrounded by new developments and wealthy people

Question 36

privatisation

Answer 36

new developments focused on private spaces
private property developers want to sell at the highest prices.
causing a socio-economic divide.

Question 37

fragmentation

Answer 37

polarisation and privatisation lead to a loss of community and sense of place.

Question 38

Newham council see the regeneration as an opportunity to …

Answer 38

improve, transform and revitalise the area

Question 39

what fraction of residence are payed below the London living wage?

Answer 39

1/3

Question 40

slogan for the regeneration

Answer 40

a place people will want to live work and play.