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Dereliction

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.Refers to buildings that have become dilapadated after being abandoned
. Often caused by industrial decline in urban areas

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Brownfield site

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. Piece of land which has already had some construction, may well now be derelict
. Building on them reduces urban sprawl as the green belt is not built on
. Road networks already exist
. Planning permission is easier as its already been built on
. In LICs derelict land is less common

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Community action group pros

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. Direct interest, stakeholder
. Local knowledge
. Part of community - dont migrate away
. Know what they want
. More likely to invest in the area
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Community action groups cons

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. Insufficient as they dont think think large scale and are only focussedon their needs, not the wider issue
. Too many ideas, hard to focus and slows the development down

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Why was London cosen for the olympics?

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. Regeneration was emphasised as part of the bid

. Sustainability and ‘legacy’ were pillars of London’s bid

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Stratford in London background

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. 5 GCSEs at A*-C - olympic area at 51% vs 57% in London overall
. Family income - olympic area at
£28,900 vs £37,000 in London overall
. Unemployment rate - olympic area at 7.8% vs 4.5% in London overall

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Why was Stratford chosen

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London’s bid was one of the most compact Olympic Parks – only about 2 ½ square kilometres, so minimal impact on land use in the area

Sizeable available brownfield sites for redevelopment

Suitable location for further post-Games industry e.g. the media centre, where 20,000 people worked during the Games, was planned for conversion into one of Europe’s largest data storage centres

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Social impacts of the park

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. Better image for London and East End
. The UK government invested £300 million to transform the Olympic site into the “Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park”, which includes housing, new schools, health centres, business space and sports venues

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Hosuing in the olympic park

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. 9000 new homes in total
. The Olympic Village was converted into more than 2,800 flats in 11 residential plots, with spacious courtyards, gardens and balconies.
. Five new neighbourhoods are being established around the park to include 11,000 residences, one third of which will be affordable housing
. The London Olympic Athletes’ Village is the largest sustainable homes project in the UK.

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Environmental impacts of the park

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. More than 2.3 million cubic metres of contaminated soil cleared
. £6.5 billion invested in transport infrastructure
. 60 Games-related projects promoted greener travel, including a £10 million investment to upgrade pedestrian and cycling routes across London
. More than 98 percent of the demolition waste from decrepit buildings that were torn down was recycled
. Over 1,000 new trees were planted in East London
. 54 hectares of habitat developed

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Economic impacts of the park

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More than 46,000 people worked on the Olympic Park and Olympic Village, 10 percent of whom were previously unemployed