•Urban Case Studies

Question 1

Teesdale Stockton

Answer 1

Teeside urban development corporation

Cleared and decontaminated and put in infrastructure

Passed on land to companies to build on

Tees barrage to stop contamination and to make stable water levels which encouraged regeneration as people wanted to build over a nice looking place- visually pleasing

Mixed used development area- university campus, college, offices (tertiary), residential

Infinity bridge

Creates amenities- recreational activities

Long term benefits don’t benefit those in area who suffered de-industrialisation

Question 2

Dharavi, Mumbai

Answer 2

Sells local goods

Rapid development

Mega city

16 major languages

Poverty & inequality

Doubling population since 1991

Question 3

Kensington London

Answer 3

Global financial centre

Higher education

High number of languages

Cosmopolitan city

Large diversity

Most visited place

Hosted Olympics

Question 4

Teesside

Answer 4

Incineration- 29.2 megawatts by burning 390,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste a year

Waste to energy plant from large areas

Non hazardous

Question 5

Cowpen Bewley and Teesside landfill site

Answer 5

Non hazardous waste disposal

2,000,000 cubic metres of waste to teesport

2,500,000 cubic metres of waste to cowpen

Question 6

UN conference

Answer 6

Since the United Nations conference on environment and development in 1992, population growth and increases in consumption in many parts of the world have increased humanity’s ecological burden on the planet

Question 7

Middlesbrough Dock

Answer 7

Before

Close to working class housing who work in the industry

Relied on railway- over the border- cuts off from rest of Middlesbrough- isolated and dirty. Alienated

Disuse in 1960 as the ships got bigger so they built a bigger dock (Teesport)

After (1986)

Cleaned up and then put in roads, decontaminated and encouraged building

In 2000, MFC built stadium was only thing there for 15 years

2005 development of office building. 19 years later encourage tertiary

Middlesbrough college & the cube (wanted a 2nd but no one wanted to buy the flats so never went ahead)

Tenamos sculpture which was hoped to bring tourists

Dry ski slope being constructed- 2018

Question 8

Bow Quarter, East London

Answer 8

Fortress Development

Question 9

Tokyo Japan

Answer 9

Largest mega city

35.7 million population

Question 10

London

Answer 10

Global city
Flights to 89% of Europe global cities at least 3 times a week
Known as a historic capital
Known for its technology

Question 11

New York

Answer 11

Majority of worlds top banks for investments
Global city
Tourism

Question 12

Rio

Answer 12

Favellas

Question 13

Darlington (sub-urb)

Answer 13

Near industrial estate 
Growing towards main road 
New housing on outskirts 
Cul-de-sac
Easy access by A1 and A68
More space available on the northwestern edge

Question 14

Heighington

Answer 14

Built up in west side between 1968 and 2004

More road networks so people have more access to the area

Road doesn’t go straight through the area

Question 15

Modern Art Museum, River Tyne, Gateshead

Answer 15

Modernism
Art Deco
Boxy
Right angles

Question 16

Burj Al Arab, Dubai

Answer 16

Post modernism
Iconic
Stylish
7*

Question 17

Gherkin, London

Answer 17

Post modernism 
Office space 
Modern 
Iconic 
Stylish 
Symmetry 
Reflective

Question 18

U.S department of Heath and Human Services, Washington DC

Answer 18

Modernism 
Concrete 
Bland 
Dull 
Grey

Question 19

Darlington town hall

Answer 19

Modernism
Concrete
Boxy
Symmetry

Question 20

Newcastle Quayside

Answer 20

Tyne Bridge- Transport.
Links Newcastle and Gateshead
Well known

The Baltic- Converted Mill
Post modernism

The Sage- Steel roof concert venue
Post modernism

Are is mainly modernism with a few post modernism. Not much vegetation. Clean.

Question 21

Ouseburn Newcastle upon Tyne

Answer 21

36 lime street Studio where a flax mill used to be
Music venue called the cluny
Was derelict but now area of cultural regeneration
Seven stories is a national centre for children’s books

Question 22

Milton Keynes

Answer 22

SUDS
New Town 1960s
Willen land- balancing lake (artificial)
Managed outflow- stopped and opened accordingly to control flooding
Has reed beds to reduce pollution and filer water
Amenity for locals
Good for wildlife

Question 23

Acklam and Kader

Answer 23

Inner suburbs 
Owner-occupied (over 90%)
Semi-detached 
No indication of deprivation 
Medium to high proportions of professional workers 
Low unskilled workers 
High car ownership 
High age structure (retired)
Few non-whites

Question 24

Ayresome, Gresham and University

Answer 24

Few 0-15 and retired
40% non-white 
High private renting 
Low car ownership 
Low professional jobs 
Victorian terraced housing 
Students

Question 25

Nunthorpe, Marton and Ingleby Barwick

Answer 25

Middle-class detached housing 
High 0-15 
Low non-whites 
High owner occupied 
Low unemployment levels
High car ownership 
Low sick and disabled 
Affluent

Question 26

Backfield, Pallister, Parkend and Thorntree

Answer 26

63% council housing in Thorntree
Lowest proportion of out of EU (conflict)
High unemployment 
Low car ownership 
High sick/ disabled 
High unskilled and unprofessional

Question 27

São Paulo, Brazil

Answer 27

Contrast between rich and poor

Overcrowded shanty town v luxury resort

Interesting architecture v makeshift housing

Clean and safe v rough and dirty

Well designed vs hectic and unprepared

Question 28

Teesside steelworks

Answer 28

de-industrialisation
Iron-ore ran out
Workers were trained in secondary industry
Lack of skilled labour force for new tertiary industry