Examples Evaluate The Success Of Urban Regeneration Schemes
With reference to examples, evaluate the success or otherwise, of urban regeneration schemes in combating the causes and consequences of urban decline. (40 marks)
Urban decline is the deterioration of urban areas, normally triggered by a decrease in industry. The decrease in industry could be due to manufacturing moving overseas, causing industries to close or companies moving to areas outside the city where rent is cheaper, such as AXA, Sunlife, HP and many more companies that moved from the centre of Bristol to Stoke Gifford. The decrease in industry then leads to unemployment rates rising as jobs will be lost and the jobs available will be low paid and unskilled, people are likely to move away to find jobs. People leaving the city will mean less people using services such as shops, buses, leisure facilities …show more content…
There are regeneration schemes put into place to reduce, or solve the problems, of urban decline. The first I am going to talk about is Gentrification. Gentrification is when wealthier people move into an area of urban decline and regenerate it by improving housing, which can cause social changes in the area as lower income groups are displaced by more affluent people, and can therefore have an effect of the shops and services of the area.
Southville, Bristol has been through the process of gentrification. Brownfield sites either side of the River Avon were built on and houses were improved, the building on brownfield sites rather than greenfield sites is much better as it improves the land, and the look of the area, rather than just building on new land which increases urban sprawl. This allowed derelict land to become valuable and therefore attracted wealthier people to buy property there. House prices increased by £40,000 in just the last 5
Urban decline is the deterioration of urban areas, normally triggered by a decrease in industry. The decrease in industry could be due to manufacturing moving overseas, causing industries to close or companies moving to areas outside the city where rent is cheaper, such as AXA, Sunlife, HP and many more companies that moved from the centre of Bristol to Stoke Gifford. The decrease in industry then leads to unemployment rates rising as jobs will be lost and the jobs available will be low paid and unskilled, people are likely to move away to find jobs. People leaving the city will mean less people using services such as shops, buses, leisure facilities …show more content…
There are regeneration schemes put into place to reduce, or solve the problems, of urban decline. The first I am going to talk about is Gentrification. Gentrification is when wealthier people move into an area of urban decline and regenerate it by improving housing, which can cause social changes in the area as lower income groups are displaced by more affluent people, and can therefore have an effect of the shops and services of the area.
Southville, Bristol has been through the process of gentrification. Brownfield sites either side of the River Avon were built on and houses were improved, the building on brownfield sites rather than greenfield sites is much better as it improves the land, and the look of the area, rather than just building on new land which increases urban sprawl. This allowed derelict land to become valuable and therefore attracted wealthier people to buy property there. House prices increased by £40,000 in just the last 5