Bristol Flashcards
(11 cards)
Migration for Bristol
Aging pop, workforce, culture (St Pauls carnival (40000)), improve skill level, contribute to econ, pressure on housing, non english first language, integration
Social opps Bristol
Bristol old vic + Tobacco factory = dance, theatre, musicals, cultural mix brings in diverse eating establishments, 2 football teams and a rugby team, HQ of Gloucestershire county cricket, Cabot Circus = £500 million, leisure facilities, hotel, cinema, 250 stores, Bristol Harbourside = science exhibition, bars, art gallery
Economic opportunity
50 silicon design businesses, Rolls Royce, Siemens and Airbus have offices, Aardman animations, DPA = 10000 employed, more demand for housing due to DPA, Uni with aerospace courses,
Environmental opportunities in Bristol
100 charging ports in 2015, EU green capital, use of brownfield sites, every student planted a tree, 57% walk and cycle in Bristol, ITS will reduce emissions, urban greening with 30% to be covered in trees, 90% within 350m of parkland or waterways
Bristol challenges for environment
Dereliction (stokes croft), Sprawl into green sites
How bristol environment being improved
Shops, nightclubs, lottery grants, 30000 homes planned on brownfield sites, 2006-2013 only 6% of new developments green field
Bristol environmental problems (P2)
1/2 a million tonnes of waste, 9% pop growth since 2000, 200 dead a year due to air pollution, most congested in Uk, Avonmouth pollution
Environmental problem solving in bristol (P2)
Increase recycling by 50%, improve technology of Recycling, reduce speed limits, app with information about public transportation
Filwood
6% homes overcrowded, council houses, 35% need free school meals, 36% top grades, poor access to healthy food, life expectancy 3 years below average, 1/3 16-24 unemployed, 1/4 children from low income families
Stoke Bishop
80% owner occupied, 2% overcrowded, 14% get free school meals, 94% got highest grades in 5 or more of their gcses, 1/2 have degree, life expectancy 4 years above average, better access to food + sports, 2% unemployed, less than 3% children in poverty
Temple quarter regeneration
Brunel’s Engine shed for high tech business (eg: a company working on next gen wifi), glass wharf for offices, electrification of London-Bristol line, bridge across the Avon, paintworks for mixed use, temple studios for digital enterprise, Temple mead station redeveloped, enterprise zone -relieves some taxes and planning restrictions, new campus in post office digital tech , 1500 students accommodation