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Key Q2.3 What are the issues of the inner city? You need to know: 1.The causes of inner city decline are. 2.The motivations for regeneration 3.The soc/eco/environmental impacts of the regeneration scheme. 4.Be able to evaluate the impacts looking for the positives and negatives. Case Study: London Docklands Case study 2 : Cardiff Bay Slide 2 Todays key words Deindustrialisation Dereliction Wasteland Social exclusion Global economic changes Slide 3 Slide 4 London Docklands Background/Context Is the semi-official name for an area in east and southeast London, England. It forms part of the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Newham and Greenwich. An urban development corporation set up by Michael Heseltine aimed to tackle the huge decline in the economy since closures in 1960. The docks were formerly part of the Port of London, at one time the world's largest port. They have now been redeveloped principally for commercial and residential use. It did, however, create conflict between the new and old communities of the London Docklands Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 What are the characteristics of inner city areas (before regeneration)? Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T HOiPFvZmc London docklands video Slide 12 The Area of Regeneration Slide 13 Slide 14 London Docklands Using the cards, sort them into: Reasons for the regeneration The impacts positive and negative social/economic/environmental Create a mind map Yellow = causes/motivations of decline Green = enviro impacts/consequences Blue = economic imacts Red = social impacts Slide 15 Quick Quiz 1.What is a UDC? 2.What does LDDC stand for? 3.Name two problems that exist in the inner city? 4.Name two things the LDDC did to regenerate London Docklands. 5.Over what time period did the LDDC operate? Slide 16 Answers 1.Urban development Corporation. 2.The London Docklands Development Corporation. 3.Derelict land/ghettos/unemployment etc 4.Planting 100,00 trees/building new apartments/ etc 5.1981-1998 = 17 yrs Slide 17 Slide 18 London Docklands Reasons What was actually done Economic Social Environmental positive negative Slide 19 Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 Failures Property demands and rise in house prices has led to friction between new arrivals and old docklands communities. Unhappy with airport and associated problems eg noise and pollution Lack of appropriate jobs financial /high skilled sectors. Culture and community spirit has been lost. Lack of affordable council housing built. It gas become a status symbol of Thatchers Britain and has been bombed by IRA. Slide 25 Slide 26 What are the issues of the inner city? http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2009- 10/geog/investigating-settlement-change-in- medcs/english/what-are-the-issues-of-the- inner-city/liverpool/introduction/starter.html http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2009- 10/geog/investigating-settlement-change-in- medcs/english/what-are-the-issues-of-the- inner-city/liverpool/introduction/starter.html Slide 27 Exam Prac Slide 28 British inner cities Using all that weve done in the last few lessons, answer these questions: Describe two major issues that have been faced by inner cities (10) Explain how local authorities may go about addressing these issues to improve the inner city (10) Suggest primary and secondary data that needs to be collected in order to investigate problems in inner city areas (10)