What Factors Make A Place Change Over Time

Question 1

What is gentrification?

Answer 1

The buying and renovation f houses in deteriorated urban areas. Examples include west London

Question 2

Why might an area attract new incomes and become gentrified?

Answer 2

• price has to be low, if cheap then it works revenovating
• would need to have good schools there
• public transport nearby so you can get in and out of the area
• good amenities e.g. play parks/shops
• attractive area, where there inst lots of run down areas
• area gets reputation for being ‘on-the-top’

Question 3

What was Notting Hill like before renovation?

Answer 3

• unclean, no hygiene
• lots of litter and pollution
• busy, more people in streets
• racism
• rundown

Question 4

What is Notting Hill like now?

Answer 4

• more colourful, sense of character, attractive
• high security for important people, had most famous people living there
• restaurants, bars, cafes
• no pollution, litter

Question 5

What has happened to the housing in Notting Hill area?

Answer 5

• house prices have rocketed
• multi million pound houses, three stories high
• people have “gutted” the homes
• handsome houses, often with private gardens, many of which lead to substantial communal gardens

Question 6

What has happened to the types of people who live in the area of Notting Hill?

Answer 6

• now beyond the means of all but the well-of
• rich people live in the millions of pound houses

Question 7

What have been the positives changes to Notting Hill?

Answer 7

• top tourist attraction in London
• high concentration of restaurants
• owners of homes can sell them and make a profit
• reduction of large empty properties and so improve the visual look of the area
• local businesses benefit as there were more people spending and shopping in the area
• landlords benefit as they can rent and sell their houses at a much higher cost

Question 8

What have been some negative changes to Notting Hill?

Answer 8

• loss of ethnic diversity. Two of the most traditionally largest ethnic minority groups in Notting Hill have declined.
• 2-10% of tennents renting houses in areas about to be gentrified are harassed by their land lords
• lower income residents were eventually priced out and left with no place to go
• pressure on tenants to move out