Urban decline + regeneration

Question 1

Reasons for social segregation

Answer 1

Housing

Changing environments

Ethnic dimension

Question 2

Housing

Answer 2

Built on blocks of land with particular market in mind

Wealthier: can choose where to live = pay for houses away from poor areas

Poor: no choice = have to live where they are placed in welfare housing

Question 3

Changing environments

Answer 3

Houses built for Victorian + Georgian times = now too big for av. UK fam

Many have been converted into multi let apartments for people on low incomes to rent

Former poor areas have been gentrified

Right to buy = transformed many council estates = houses bought by occupants + improved

Question 4

Ethnic dimension

Answer 4

When immigrant originally arrive = suffer discrimination in job market + may be either unemployed or on low paid job

Only able to afford cheap housing = concentrate in poor areas in city, often clustered to multicultural areas

Question 5

Urban social exclusion

Answer 5

People in areas of multiple deprivation are excluded from full participation in society by their social + physical circumstances