Gloucester Case Study (changing Places)

Question 1

Endogenous factors?

Answer 1

Endogenous factors:
Location-sw England,south of brum,north of Bristol.3rd most populated urban area in sw England (132000,increased 8% from 20211 to 2021)

Economic- output of 14.8b(12% of se value), employment rate 79% (above uk average).avg salary is 24.3k(in line with average.

Physical-located on eastern bank of river Severn.

Topography -genuinely flat with areas of elevation surrounding e.g robinswood hill

Land use- an urban setting in a largely rural area. Split into 18wards with large housing developments found on urban fringe.

Infrastructure - airports(Bristol-45miles,brum-60miles)
83 schools, Gloucester royal hospital

Question 2

Exogenous factors?

Answer 2

People-migration has changed demographic of city and caused people with specialised skills to relocate to Gloucester.

Money/investments-government/hrmc invested in schemes to train people to become specialised in certain areas.flows of investment are being direct invested in education/providing benefits to those struggling

Resources-location of hrmc has caused new jobs bringing specialised groups of people into glos

Ideas- new economic strategies are beginning to arise to combat serious problems Gloucester faces(homelessness)

Changing nature of farmed causes decline and rise of imported goods.(low prices,better climate,lowes carbon footprint