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Birmingham, Waste disposal - Coggle Diagram
Birmingham
Opportunities created from Urban Change
5 universities with over 50 000 students
Largest number of businesses & new business start-ups outside of London - job opportunities
Strong historical culture - museumn & art gallery have 2000 exhibits
Hippodrome is most visited theatre in UK
500 parks & open spaces
'Birmingham Connected' transport plan
Improved rail links between city & beyond
Increased connectivity between road, Rail & bus links
New train system (HS2 from New Street to London)
Development of cycle routes & walkways
'Birmingham's Green Vision' aims
Make city a more attractive
Encourage business & create prosperity
Use open space to encourage social interaction & good health
What is being done to achieve this?
Tree planting
Development of urban greenways
Development of green roofs & walls
Enhancing walkways & cycle tracks
Creating blue corridors alongside canals & rivers
Developing parks & recreational spaces
Encouraging walking, cycling & other outdoor leisure activities
Transport hub
Railways links (used by 34 million people in 2014)
Airport (9 million customers in 2014)
Impacts of Migration
Europe's 'youngest city'
Significant proportion of foreign migrants
Waste disposal
Challenges created by Urban Change
Environmental challenges
Building on Brownfield sites
Expensive because they need to be cleared
Large sites in urban areas & developing them improves an unsightly area
Brownfield sites were previously used for industry
Building on Greenfield sites
Not previously built on
Farmland/countryside
Cheaper to build on
Leads to Urban Sprawl
Problems that come with it - traffic congestion
30% of waste was recycled in 2015
Aiming to reach 40% by 2026
Strategies to manage waste
Household waste recycling centres
52 000 tonnes of rubbish was recycled, composted/diverted from landfill for further use
Energy recovery
Operates a state-of-the-art Energy Recovery Facility
Takes 350 000 tonnes of rubbish per year & converts it to electricity
Facility uses incineration to convert the waste --> produces huge amounts of carbon dioxide