CASE STUDY: Issues In Inner City MEDC Belfast Flashcards
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What are the three issues affecting the inner city of Belfast
Social and economic deprivation
Reurbanisation
Gentrification
Describe the NI Multiple Depriviation Report 2017
According to this, Belfast has 50 out of 100 worst areas in NI, with the vast majority of these areas being in inner city areas. For example the Shankill and Falls in West Belfast
What are inner city areas stuck in
Inner city areas have been stuck in a CYCLE OF POVERTY with poor EDUCATION attainment, leading to a lack of skills, low wages, poor quality of housing and ill health caused by the decline of the inner city
What is ECONOMIC depriviation
Economic deprivation is the suffering of communities LIVING IN areas of urban decay and poor environmental quality
Example of ECONOMIC deprivation
UNEMPLOYMENT rate in NI is 5.9%, which increases to 7.4% in Belfast and a further increase in Belfast inner city areas like the Shankill has 13.5% unemployment
What is SOCIAL deprivation
The suffering of UN MET NEEDS including poor healthcare, education and housing.
3 types of SOCIAL deprivation
Free school meals
School absenteeism
Qualifications
Describe each of the 3 social deprivations
FREE SCHOOL MEALS in 2012-2013, 40% secondary school students received free school meals whereas 7.4% Grammar schools
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE in west Belfast 2013, the Falls recorded 8.8% absenteeism and the Shankill 11.2%
QUALIFICATIONS 32% of people working in North Belfasts waterworks have no qualifications and these people are stuck in a cycle of poverty which is likely to pass onto their kids
What is REURBANISATION
The movement of people and businesses BACK INTO the inner city areas that have been suffering from deterioration and decline
Example of REURBANISATION along with 3 facts
Titanic Quarter development in 2006
474 Arc Apartments built
Titanic Hotel built which involved the restoration and conservation of former Harland and Wold Headquarters which resulted in a major boost of tourism
And the Titanic Signature Project
What did the development of the Titanic Quarter provide
Provided flood protection, improved water quality and improved access to Clarendon Dock and reduced congestion from inner city centre. These investments paved the way for private investors
What is GENTRIFICATION
The development of rundown areas in a city so that they become more attractive to richer, after Fido,saving poorer families
How is GENTRIFICATION evident in Belfast
Evident due to the REURBANISATION in Laganside area
What is the Laganside corporation responsible for
Responsible for developing 140 hectares of land alongside the river Lagan and 70 hectares in Cathedral quarter
Results of Laganside corporation development
1 billion invested
741 housing units built
15000 jobs estimated to be created
Housing prices increased as original housing was developed, for example, houses in Laganside and Newfoundland street where removed and replaced by new apartment blocks and original residents pushed out of area which lead to conflict
What happened to housing prices due to Laganside Corporation Development
Housing prices increased as original housing was developed, for example, houses in Laganside and Newfoundland street where removed and replaced by new apartment blocks and original residents pushed out of area which lead to conflict
