Human- Diverse Flashcards
(22 cards)
Patterns of population change in the Uk
1948 British Nationality act
- 1million India, 750K Pakistan
1970 deindustrialisation+decline
2004 Eu border opens
- 800,000 Poland
2011- 10000 Syrians asylum
London Diversity
34 percent born abroad
300,000 Russians
Haringey
55% white British
33% ages 25-40
St Albans
80% White British
37% 30-55
North Norfolk
94% white British
9% over age of 80
Victorian London
Pollution, prostitution and crime
Average life expectancy 37 yrs
1870 sewage system created
Problems of rural living in Uk
25% in poverty
Median age 47 yrs
Eastern European migration to Lincolnshire, Boston
75% voted for BREXIT
2013 Rise of UKIP - far right party
Least integrated city
10.6% from Eastern Europe
Average wage £9 compared to Uk average of £13
Russian oligarchs
300,000 in London
Abrahamovic buys Chelsea 2003 for 140million - net worth 8 billion
Golden visa 2million
Collapse of USSR 1991
Southall
47% Indian
83% ethnic minorities
Heathrow nearby
Abu Bakr mosque, Sikh temple etc
A plan for Tottenham
1billlion invested
5000 jobs created
10,000 high quality homes created
N17 architect studio
Only 2% of architecture in England foreign
TAG community art project
Bottom up project
Sustainability
Painted local Chinese community centre for free
Downside of Cornwall
Brain Drain
Closest motorway in Exeter M5
Lowest full time average salary 25000/ year
Eden Project
140 million
Generated million in 10 years
13billion visitors
Tickets expensive 25 for adults
Helped sustain 3000 jobs
Superfast Broadband
Connected 95% of people in Cornwall
Connected 12000 local businesses
Impact of 200 million per year
2000 jobs created
Newquay aerohub
Created 700 jobs
Prevented brain drain
Two helicopter and aircraft training centre
Tottenham
53 out of 1000 girls 15-17 pregnant
5000 violent crimes / year
26% black
2011 riots after black man was shot
Metro £2.40
Slough
1 in 3 believe ethnic diversity divides the place
35% white British
Slough Borough council
3 housing development plans 200 houses
30 council rented homes
Culture learning centre ‘the curve’
Football pitch
Aik Saath
Together as one
After tensions between Hindi, Muslim and Sikh in 1990s
Over 100 young people part of the team
In 2008 trained 1000 young people in conflict resolution, public speaking etc
Local stakeholders
Many TNCs in slough close to London
Training camps
Slough Aspire