Urban - Developed Country

Question 1

Problems with tenements

Answer 1

Very small flats with families up to 10 staying in them
Dark and damp rooms
Tuberculosis and bronchitis spread quick from damp
Located close to factories, exposed to smoke and chemicals causing asthma
Didn’t have electricity, heating or running water
Life expectancy in Gorbals was 50

Question 2

Tenement renovation

Answer 2

Some demolished
Combined flats to make one larger flat
Added heating, electricity and internal bathrooms
Outer of buildings cleaned and streets made one way

Question 3

Problems with council estates

Answer 3

People moved from tenements to estates on edge of city
Didn’t have space for shops, pubs, cinemas, ect
Only have post box, phone box and one bus service
High unemployment and crime rates
Families left and houses abandoned

Question 4

Housing management strategies - council estates

Answer 4

Established 4 main council estates (Castlemilk, Drumchapel, Easterhouse and Pollok)
Planned as low density, semi-detached houses with gardens but council realised it would cost too much and take up too much land so built cheaper 3 and 4 story flats

Question 5

Problems with the high rise flats

Answer 5

Poor materials used causing structural issues
Due to flat roofs and Scottish climate damp was common
People felt isolated especially on top floors
Many families left leaving flats empty attracting criminals, drug dealers and squatters

Question 6

Housing management strategies - new towns

Answer 6

Built 50s and 60s to house overspill from inner cities
Well planned settlements Incorporated workplaces and shops, libraries, schools, leisure centres
Foreign companies encouraged to locate to industrial estates on edge of new towns, offered loans or grants and new buildings so would provide jobs
Mix of flats, cottages, semi-detached and detached housing

Question 7

Red road flats

Answer 7

Built 60s to tackle housing crisis
Intended to be fast, cost effective solution but became run down and vandalized
Damp, anti social conditions
Very little open Green space
2005 Glasgow housing association demolished one of tallest buildings to start regeneration
2015 all demolished with replacement housing designed to represent areas heritage, attracting people with higher income increasing social and economic mix

Question 8

The Gorbals

Answer 8

Low quality tenement housing for workers
Overcrowded slum area
Cramped, damp, suffered from pollution, no inside toilet
30s gang culture
Post war regeneration
Lack of community spirit after old tenements replaced by poorer quality housing
New tenement style housing built to encourage spirit

Question 9

Edinburgh transport - solutions to congestion

Answer 9

Cycle lanes so cyclists don’t slow down traffic
More busses so less people are driving their own car
More main roads (by-pass) instead of small roads
More public transport (trams)

Question 10

Park and Ride

Answer 10

Sheriff hall on outskirts of Edinburgh
Reduces number of cars in centre
Costs to park there, discouraging people

Question 11

Green ways (bus lanes)

Answer 11

Old dalkeith road
Council makes money from fines and takes cars off road
All traffic is forced into one lane

Question 12

Parking restrictions

Answer 12

Queen Street
Council makes money from fines, deters people from driving in center
Reduces number of parked cars on edge of road

Question 13

Multi story car parks

Answer 13

Kings stable road
Takes cars off edge of roads
Expensive

Question 14

One way system

Answer 14

Edinburgh CBD
traffic can flow easy
Can cause crashes if people not familiar

Question 15

By-pass/ring road

Answer 15

Edinburgh city by-pass
Can bypass city quickly and easily
Still some traffic and congestion and digs up a lot of green land

Question 16

New tram system

Answer 16

Airport to York place
Takes cars off road, key for tourists and increase economy
Costs

Question 17

Boarders railway line

Answer 17

Galasheilds to Edinburgh

Takes cars off roads as commuters use train instead