edin housing- strategies Flashcards
comprehensive redevelopment
Tenements deemed unfit for habitation were demolished and the gap sites were filled with tower blocks e.g. Cables Wynd House (aka the Banana flats - because of the layout of the building)
provided larger, better heated and equipped living spaces (bathrooms/fitted kitchens)
Construction of suburban housing estates
In the 1950’s/1960s the council demolished the worst of the slums built large housing estates, e.g. Muirhouse (to take the overspill population from Leith) on the rural/ urban fringe of Edinburgh
The new housing estates offered more open space than in the inner city
In the 1960s they offered the same benefits mentioned in the Comprehensive redevelopment section
Renovation through “Gentrification”
By the 1980’s Leith had a poor reputation (deprivation was rife, crime, drug abuse, gang culture, unemployment and prostitution characterised the area)
The traditional industry, Leith Docks had gone into decline, leaving many unemployed, abandoned warehouses and derelict sites
The areas was an eyesore and struggled to attract any new investment
In the 1990s the area began to become “gentrified” (new wealthy people moving to an area of poverty) when the Scottish Government offices opened on the site of Victoria Quay Docks
This brought new people to Leith
The remaining tenements were in a poor condition and cheap to buy and along with old warehouses were renovated and modernised to create desirable living spaces
New Towns
Livingston and Glenrothes were two new towns built in the 1960s to house the overspill population from Edinburgh’s inner city population
They were located in the countryside (e.g. Livingston is 17 miles from Edinburgh) and were planned as places where people would live/work and relax in (unlike the housing estates on the edge of Edinburgh)
Regeneration projects
PARC “Promoting And Regenerating Craigmillar”
PARC is an urban regeneration company that has since 2008 been rebuilding large sections or renovating historic buildings in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh (one of the city’s poorest areas.)
The goal is to regenerate the area by attracting investment, creating jobs and new businesses
It aims to provide 2,200 new homes (a mixture of private and social housing) , a new secondary school, two new primary schools, a new town centre with shops and community facilities (library, parks, leisure and office spaces)
