urban issues and challenges BRISTOL + SUSTAINABILITY Flashcards
why is Bristol important ?
- education = 2 universities
- industry = silicon ships
- ports
- tourism
- transport ( M4 / airport )
how has migration impacted Bristol ?
- increased economic activity
- ageing population balanced
- culture diversified
- more skilled work force
what is the importance of culture and recreation in Bristol ?
increased youthful population has allowed the music, theatre and sports industry to thrive
what are the positive impacts of introducing shopping centres ?
- reduce crime
- improve the atmosphere
- employment
what urban greening is taking place in Bristol ?
- Queen square was a dual carriage way but now turned into a green space with cycle paths
- 30 % of the city to be covered by trees
- raise conservation conditions
Green initiatives
>27% of the city will be a part of a wildlife network
what are the environmental aims for Bristol by 2020?
- improve transport
- improve energy efficiency
- development of renewable energy
how is Bristol affected by social inequality ?
Filwood =
over 1300 crimes a year
life expectancy 78
1/3 of people 16-24 are unemployed
Stoke Bishop =
less than 4% of children live in relative poverty
only 3% of people are unemployed
life expectancy 83
hoe is urban sprawl being reduced ?
- redeveloping brownfiled sites
- only 6% of housing in greenfiled sites between 2006-2013
- REGENERATION = temple meades / templegate
how is Bristol reducing their impacts of waste disposal ?
- educated more pupils in school
- sing technology to improve recycling
- reducing wast sent to land fills and per household by 15%
- increasing waste recycling by 50%
why did temple quarters need regeneration?
- first part of the city many saw giving visitors a bad impression
how was temple quarter regenerated ?
many old infrastructures have been re purposed
eg. former gasworks is now a showroom
and there is still a lot of history shown through out the town through the leftover cobble streets etc.
4000 new jobs by 2020
new offices / homes /shops
how can water supply be made sustainable ?
- collecting unused water
- green roofs
- unpaved tramways
- drainage wetlands
how can energy supply be made more sustainable ?
- efficient technology
- RENEWABLE energy sources (solar panels)
- energy saving
how does more green space increase sustainability ?
- habitat for wild life
- cleaner air
- soil protects from run off during periods of heavy rain
how is traffic congestion reduced in Freiburg?
- 400 km of cycle paths
- 9000 parking spaces for bikes
restriction on car park spaces - increased tram journeys
