Changing Places Case Study

Question 1

Outline Detroit’s transport links

Answer 1

19th century wealth from shipbuilding
Had extensive road network
Michigan - cross into Canada

Question 2

Outline the success of Detroit in the past

Answer 2

1903 - Ford Motor Co. Founded

1950 - 1.85 mil ppl, 296,000 manufacturing jobs

1959 - Motown Records founded

Question 3

Outline the 12th Street Riot in Detroit (date, events and damages)

Answer 3

July 1967
Inner-city black residents vs police & National Guard
43 killed, 2,000 buildings destroyed

Question 4

Outline the downfall of Detroit

Answer 4

1973 Oil Crisis made foreign cars better -> Detroit Big 3 automakers in trouble
2003 - Detroit bankrupt
2009 - Chrysler & GM bankrupt

Question 5

Outline the economic conditions Detroit is in today

Answer 5

1. Detroit owes money to >100,000 creditors
2. Detroit facing $20bn in unfunded liabilities
3. Houses sold for $500
4. Now >27,000 manufacturing jobs
5. Dependent on revenue from casinos - $11 mil a month

Question 6

Outline the environmental conditions Detroit is in today

Answer 6

1. 78,000 houses abandoned
2. 2/3 parks permanently closed
3. 70 “Superfund” hazardous waste sites
4. 40% street lights don’t work

Question 7

Outline the social conditions Detroit is in today

Answer 7

1. 47% residents illiterate
2. 60% children in poverty
3. Population fell by 60%
4. Murder rate X11 than NYC
5. Violent crime rate X5 national avg
6. Police cut by 40% & solve >10% crimes

Question 8

Outline Belfast

Answer 8

Capital of Northern Ireland
268,000 inhabitants
Economic powerhouse where Titanic was built & largest producer of linen

Question 9

Outline the impact of ‘the troubles’ on Belfast

Answer 9

30 year conflict until the Good Friday peace agreement in 1998
IRA killed 656 British soldiers

Question 10

Outline the redevelopment in Belfast

Answer 10

Parts of the city rebranded as ‘quarters’ to show history/culture

Titanic Quarter largest brownfield development sites in Europe - Titanic Studios & >100 companies (e.g Microsoft) to build the area

Question 11

Outline the Peace walls in Belfast

Answer 11

Constructed to keep neighbouring Protestants & Catholics apart
Have art on them about the troubles
Hoped to be taken down as community relations strengthen

Question 12

Outline how ‘the troubles’ still impact Belfast today

Answer 12

Peace walls and political parades (e.g 1980 Loyalist Marching Band) still exist today