City Challenge Flashcards
When did this start?
1991
How was funding allocated?
Funding was allocated by competitive bids rather than to those most in need.
What was another problem with the bidding system?
Money was lost preparing bids.
What was the city challenge made up of?
Partnerships with the private sector and local communities.
How many City Challenge partnerships were established?
30
What did strategies focus on?
The strategies focused on tackling social, economic and environmental problems in run down parts of the city.
What success did the bidding have?
The bidding resulted in more successful regeneration schemes.
What was treated of equal importance?
Buildings, people and values.
According to 1997 data, how many houses had been improved?
Over 40,000
According to 1997 data, how many jobs were created?
53,000 jobs were created
Across the whole of the U.K., how many hectares of derelict land were reclaimed?
2000 ha (1997)
What were the 3 main failures of these schemes?
Resources were spread thinly over large areas.
Areas which previously received government funding, based on need, no longer received it if their bid was unsuccessful.
Money was lost preparing bids.
What is a good example of a City Challenge?
Hulme, Manchester
True or false: the City Challenge in Hulme, Manchester wears one of the biggest regeneration projects in the world?
False- it was one of Europe’s biggest regeneration projects.
What were the 7 key problems before the Hulme scheme?
It was a dumping ground for “problem families”.
There was nowhere for young children to play.
There were high levels of crime.
The buildings were of poor quality.
The wages were low but the rent was high.
There was a high population density so it was overcrowded.
There was very little privacy.
