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SOUTH WALES CHANGES AFTER STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC CHANGE - Coggle Diagram
SOUTH WALES CHANGES AFTER STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC CHANGE
DEMOGRAPHIC
in demographic there has not been much of an incrase in population (no decrease) as number have stayed around the same apart from cardiff that has since 2014 having a 354,300 population is estimated that in 20 years it will incrase by just under 75,000 people
CULTURAL
20% of the population speak Welsh
explosion in the beauty community and lesiure sector, even in poorer areas of South Wales
new rugby stadium built with slideable roof
example: guawdtion
obession with features of beauty, makeup and image cause anxiety as it may make thrm feel as though they have to live upto a certain image --> social media
SOCIO-ECONMIC
NEWPORT
in Newport starting february 2017 work began on a new £100 million internation convection centre which will bring £70 million economic benefit
100,000 bedroom nights to the area every year
to the east of the city an £1 billion investment is transforming a 600 acre former Steelworks site into Glan Llyn, an impressive sustainable community
setting to deliever 4,000 new homes over the next 20 years
setting to deliever 6,000 new jobs over the next 20 years
the Vibrant and Viable Places programme (VVP)
£17 million donated by the Welsh government
the progamme transforms city centre properties into attractive accommodation and commerical space
the VVP scheme has helped supply 1.271 jobs
VVP scheme has created 78 new and 32 improved homes brought to the city centre
SWANSEA
swansea has two large and highly rated universities however there is not a high retention rate for graduates
TechHub
techhub was created to initiate a co-working space in swansea high street
ENVIRONMENTAL
HISTORY BEFORE
mainly a mining population
in 1860 there were 30 iron works
in 1913 57m tonnes of coal were produced by 232,000 men in 620 mines, from producing only 16.5m in 1875
however then the post idustrial revolution started to begin...
South wales in 1953 went from producing 21 m tonnes of coal to in 28 years (1981) to olny 7.7 m
400,000 people leaving the region between 1921 and 1939