Urban Polices

Question 1

What are urban regeneration policies?

Answer 1

Strategies implemented by governments to stop urban decline

Question 2

What are Urban Development Corporations (UDCs)?

Answer 2

• One of the first urban regeneration places put into place
• Used to enhance areas containing large amounts of dereliction

Question 3

Why were UDCs put into place?

Answer 3

To redevelop areas that suffered from deindustrialisation in Britain

Question 4

Where are the London Docklands located?

Answer 4

East London, South-East England

Question 5

What were the main intentions of the London Docklands Develop Corporation (LDDC)?

Answer 5

• Create jobs and improve the economic conditions within the area
• Improve the environment by restoring derelict land
• Improve social conditions by creating new housing

Question 6

What were the positive results of the LDDC?

Answer 6

• 20,000 affordable new homes were built
• 10,000 jobs were created
• Improved the environment and transport

Question 7

What new transport was built?

Answer 7

• Docklands Light Rail
• London City Airport

Question 8

What were the negative results of the LDDC?

Answer 8

• The new jobs require high skilled people rather than manual workers
• The new jobs were for the people that lived outside the docks, not the locals
• ## They didn’t take the opinions of the locals into consideration

Question 9

What were the costs for redevelopment?

Answer 9

• £3,900 million for the public sector
• £8,700 million for the private sector