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Bristol (Background info (Located in S.W of the UK. It is West of London,…

- - - - 81% housing is owner occupied
      - av price for detached house=£800.000
      - Victorian/edwardian
      - 4,5,6 bed
    - - 50% have degrees
      - 94% have top GCSEs (5+)
    - - low death rate-lots of older people.
      - life expectancy=83
    - - highest % car ownership
      - 3% income deprived
      - 4% kids in poverty
      - 3% unemployment
    - - +300- p.a.
  - - - 50/50 owner occupied/rent
      - council houses in 1930s/40s to replace slums
      - homes poorly insulated
      - lack of sevices
      - 1/3 people and 1/2 kids live in low income houses.
    - - 1300+ crimes p.a.
      - 62% feel unsafe out at night.
      - high crime/drugs
    - - 35% income deprived
      - poor access to facilities
      - lowest participation in active sport
      - top 10% of most deprived in UK.
      - lack of transport
      - 1/3 of 16-24 y.o unemployed. 1/2 of those long term.
    - - 36% get top GCSEs.
    - - cancer death rate above UK av.
      - above av. teen pregnancies.
      - life expectancy=78
  - - - Main attraction/money maker
      - opens in 2018
      - seats up to 4000, 12,000 spectators outside.
    - - improves appearance of city
      - new social area
      - cheaper for businesses
      - jobs
      - reduce urban sprawl
    - - cost
      - jobs not for everyone
      - not benefiting locals
      - not finished
- - - - Urban sprawl
        
        more space to build/cheaper on rural-urban fringe
        
        businesses on edge of city benefit-closer to homes.
        
        people living on outskirts have better M access.
    - - Jobs-mostly tertiary or quaternary-lower unemployment than UK av.
        
        public services-20%
        
        professional (degree)-30%
        
        money-15%
        
        high tech-5%
        
        retail-12%
    - - Became first European green capital in 2015.
      - Reduce CO2 by 40% by 2020.
      - Renewable energy-biomass and solar
      - Integrated transport system
      - +57% walk/cycle to work.
        +New railway to London.
        +increased green space (urban greening)
      - +1/3 of city is open space, 90% people live within 350m of green area.
      - +27% of city is part of wildlife network.
        +30% covered by trees.
      - Waste
        
        +teach children about recycling.
        
        in 2004, 87% waste was land fill. in 2013, 25% waste is landfill.
        
        produces 23% less waste than UK av.
        
        Energy recovery from rubbish.
      - Air Pollution
        
        Park and ride
        
        100 charging points for electric cars
        
        better cycle network
        
        lower speed limit-less traffic
        
        "poo bus" (methane)
        
        public transpot
  - - - Urban sprawl
        
        more commuting time
        
        divide between rich and poor.
        
        less open space.
    - - Deindustrialisation-abandoned warehouses/urban decay.
      - (domino effect) Lack of jobs-less industrial income- crime-trespassing-homes get repossessed-litter, homeless, pollution, squatters
    - - city produces 500,000+ tonnes of waste p.a.
      - urban sprawl
        
        habitats destroyed-species migration/extinction.
        
        greenfield sites built on ruining natural environment.
        
        inc. deforestation
        
        more commuter time-pollution