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Regeneration case studies
EQ2: Why might regeneration be needed
M4 corridor
Nice environment, industries close to M4 and railway, lots of workers, near to universities, easy to get to heathrow
High employment- 50% workers in Berkshire employed in knowlege based industries
inward migration poulation slough risen by 15%
Low levels deprivation- 0.4% of areas within top 10% most deprived area
Some areas deprivation among elderly as bus services close
North east England
Weekly earning £445
£145,000 average house price
unemployment 10.3%
Tottenham
since 1970 high unemployment rates many families living in cramped flats
Tottenham hotspurs new stadium plans also construction 10,000 new homes + redevelopment peacock state £28 million
Expansion stadium loss 71 small buisnesses
EQ3: How is regeneration managed
East London
Athletes village now 2800 flats
7000 homes being built and park being repurposed for local residents
Different regeneration strategies
Newquay Aerohub
Enterprise zone similar to Exeter science park
Blue Abyss
deepest pool, underwater robotics and marine industries. £8,000000 investmant for locol community
Migration
UK
Strict anti immigration policy
asylum seeker given £36 a week cannot work or chose where they live
North East higher deprivation asylum seekers placed into areas as cant work
Rebranding
Bristol
Temple quater
Links to heritage trough name and using historic buildings
Cabot Circus
Cultural links. Cabot circus named after famous British sailor
Harbourside
Links to heritage attracts such as SS great Britain
Why is infrastructure important to economic growth
Heathrow
Boost wider economy up to £61bn
create 77,000 local jobs
Increased number of flights increase co2 and noice pollution
Operating at full capacity. 80 million passengers per year currently four terminals + 2 runways.
Project would include diverting rivers, moving roads and retrouting M25
HS2
acts as way growing industries in the north 70% jobs created
Governemnt claims it will move million of air and road to rail
Expected to generate 22,000 construction jobs and 10,000 when running
original price £32.7bn governement added further £10bn
infrastructure built of 250 acres greenbelt land
Local gov.
role at bristol
decided to redevelop dockland providing new create quater
Enterprize zone buisness get lower buisness tax rates
Exeter science park
applied for £19 million grant for 55 acres near M5 motorway and airport junction
17 major companies operating
Uk housing crisis
3.6 million in over crowded home, 2.5 million unable to afford rent, 2.5 million in 'hidden households', 1.7 million in unstable houses
lack social housing 1980-90 low income families become marginalised uk lots of brownfield sites that have not been restored
North south divide
EQ4: How successful in regeneration
Cornwall
Unemployment has fallen by 10,000 since 2010
fall in people in higher education significantly lower than average
work mostly seasonal, little connectivity, Funding from public sector
Strategies to regenerate cornwall
watergate bay
extreme sports academy offer courses in wave skiing +kite surfing
Combines university
develop a knowlege economy.University falmouth and exeter join forces
Wavehub
Wave power research situated 16km of cornwall north coast
Cost £42 million funding from SWRDA
superfast broadband
By 2016 over 95% cornwall have access to fibre broadband
Eden project
Two large conservatories exhibit plant types
Bristol
Population Bristol increasingly diverse
40.5% pupils achieve strong pass in English and maths
16500 children living in poverty 20.1%, higher than uk average 16.8%
East London
Large scale infrastructure sport led regeneration
Olympic stadium new home westham,560 acres parkland, aquatics centre huge investment in transport