6. case study: london Flashcards
economic wellbeing
multi million pound homes
Holidays abroad
fine dining and theatre experiences
Use of private schools and hospitals
Well paid jobs with six figure bonuses for some
economic wellbeing
overcrowded high rise flats
Inability to get onto the housing ladder, due to low income and inflated London house prices
Long commutes on buses because of inability to afford tube fare
Jobs, sometimes paying below the minimum wage
Twice as likely to die from chronic lower respiratory Illness
Fear of crime and gang violence
Lack of leisure time due to holding down more than one job to make ends meet
Large proportion of monthly income spent on renting low cost accommodation a long distance from work
economic wellbeing
london fairness commission
In spite of its status as an international financial centre, London has huge areas of poverty and the gap between rich and poor continues to widen
In 2015, the London Fairness Commission reported that for every pound of wealth owned by the bottom ten percent of London households, the top ten percent own one hundred and seventy two pounds
economic wellbeing
london living wage
The London Living Wage is an hourly rate of pay, currently set at 11.95.
It is calculated independently to reflect the high cost of living in the capital, giving a worker in London and their family enough to afford the essentials and save
However, organisations must choose to pay their employees the London Living wage; higher than what they’re required to pay by law
This is why the mayor is championing the benefits of the living wage, to the lives of Londoners and your business, and encouraging employers to opt in
economic wellbeing
incomes
Incomes in London are more unequal than in any other region, with sixteen percent of the population in the poorest tenth nationally and seventeen percent in the richest tenth
The richest ten percent by financial asset weaith have sixty percent of all assets. The richest ten percent of households by property wealth have forty five percent of that weath
The top tenth of employees in London earn around four and a half times as much as the bottom tenth. This ratio is an increase over the last decade and higher than any other Engiish region
Among London’s boroughs, Kensington and Cheisea has the greatest imbalance between high and low earners.
The top quarter earn at least forty one pounds per hours, three and a half times the level of the lowest quarter at tweive ounces an hour, which is in turn higher than the lowest quarter for England as a whole
economic wellbeing
london living rent
type of intermediate affordable housing for middle income Londoners who want to build up savings to buy a home.
London Living Rent provides high quality rented homes on stable tenancies, with rents based on a third of local household income.
Money you save on rent can go towards a house deposit
London Living Rent is part of Homes for Londoners which brings together all of the Mayors work to address the housing crisis
social wellbeing
london family fund
investigating £600 thousand in bringing together children and families from different backgrounds.
involves projects that help diverse families build relationships and extend their social networks
it promotes shared experiences for families and prevents lonely experiences of parenthood
support projects working with hundreds of londons families increase social integration
generates major changes eg more diverse social networks, less parental isolation, reduced loneliness and improved child wellbeing
social wellbeing
sports unites
multi million pound programme recognising sport in london and improving social integration and health
aims to create new partnerships between london’s many communities
engages socially isolated people and alienated sections of communities through sport
combines traditional sport with other fitness activities to appeal for a broader range of people
target to appeal to groups at risk from loneliness and marginalisation eg older people, disabled young people and BAME women
economic wellbeing
london riots
over 3000 imprisoned
started as a peaceful protest
young black man shot, 6 days of riots
change wanted for injustice
government did nothing to aid change
economic wellbeing
inequality impacts on everyday life
difference in age expectancy
difference between hackney and west end is the same between england and guatemala
Nature and physical impact of physical environmental conditions
smog events + clean air act
In the first half of the twentieth century, ‘smog’ events became so strongly linked to the city of London that the ferm ‘London particular’ was and still is used in reference to smogs. Since then, air quality has improved significantly.
The introduction of the Clean Air Act in nineteen fifty six and more recent legislation, along with the introduction of greener buses, taxi age limits and the low emission zones, has reduced carbon dioxide emissions in particular
However, nitrogen dioxide levels still breach EU legal limits. The twenty fourteen Public Health England report on air pollution says that five. three percent of all deaths in people age twenty five and over are now linked to air pollution, the highest percentage of deaths linked to air pollution are in London.
More specifically the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster have the highest rates, where eight three percent of deaths can be attributed to air pollution
Nature and physical impact of physical environmental conditions
london heat island
Linked to air quality is the impact of London’s urban heat island.
With the centre of London already up to ten degrees Celsius warmer than the surrounding rural areas and average summer temperatures predicted to rise further.
summer heat waves pose a threat to homes, workplaces and public transport. They harm health, particularly that of vulnerable people, and lead to greater consumption of water and energy
Nature and physical impact of physical environmental conditions
electric delivery vehicle trial
To test the programme of electric delivery vans in central London without adversely contributing to the air pollution problem
Positives: the vehicles won’t emit nitrogen dioxide
Negatives: not enforced, is only a trial
Nature and physical impact of physical environmental conditions
ULEZ zone
Exhaust emission standards are set and a daily non-compliance charge is introduced to encourage cleaner vehicles to drive in central London. It is hoped that almost all vehicles running in central London during working hours could have zero or low emissions
Positives: prevents polluting cars from entering the zone
Negatives: the zone is not all through London and could be stricter than just a fine
Nature and physical impact of physical environmental conditions
cleaner buses
All new double decker buses operating in central London will be hybrid and all single deck buses will be zero emission
