Urbanisation in MEDC and LEDC case study

Question 1

What is this case study called

Answer 1

Titanic quarter- inner city Belfast northern Ireland

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

To develop site into major social and business area of Belfast, containing a mixture of offices, businesses and residences providing homes, job opportunities and leisure services

Question 3

housing

Answer 3

plan- build 5000 apartments for 20,000 people
Now- arc1 open with 474 apartments (1-3 bedrooms) there was a plan to build more but the 2007 housing slump slowed progress
Apartments are close to city centre ( 20 min walk) with a glider bus available. No need for a car in future
Plan to make social and affordable housing to attract diversity of residents but for now they are very expensive eg 130,000 for a one bed apartment and 400000 for a 3 bed town house

Question 4

employment

Answer 4

139,000 square metres of workspace and plans for another 3 million feet of office space .
attracted 100 national and international companies eg Citi, Microsoft, vertigo
6000 jobs created in construction and with companies.
plan by 2034 25,000-30,000 permanent jobs even after construction ended

Question 5

different types of jobs available

Answer 5

leisure jobs in T13 urban sports park, restaurants/ cafe’s, oddessy complex ans titanic museum
hospitality jobs- premier inn and titanic hotel
finance jobs- banking and accounting (Citi)
range of jobs within film industry

Question 6

problems with the jobs available

Answer 6

Skills of older unemployed shipyard workers are mismatched with new jobs. Stepping stones project works with titanic ltd and helps long term unemployed into jobs. Also Belfast met provides courses and training- 15,000 students attend here