LDDC - Case study

Question 1

How much land did the lddc reclaim back ?

Answer 1

8.5 Square miles/ 2225 HA

Question 2

How did they improve transport?

Answer 2

Link to M1
London Dockland Railway - 35,000 passengers a week
London city airport - 500,000 passengers a year

Question 3

How much was spent on education/health and training?

Answer 3

£100 million

Question 4

How many new homes/houses were built?

Answer 4

20,000 new homes
19% was for rent

Question 5

One way environment was regenerated?

Answer 5

20,000 new trees
150 ha of new open spaces
17 conservation areas set up - Londons first bird sanctuary

Question 6

How did employment get affected?

Answer 6

Employment doubled - 16,000 new jobs created.

Unemployment fell from 14% to 7.4%

Question 7

How much money was invested for this regeneration?

Answer 7

£1.86B of public money
£7.7B of private money

Question 8

What are the 3 aims of LDDC?

Answer 8

1) To economically regenerate the area primarily attracting private investment
2)To physically regenerate the area to aid the above (to look nice)
3) To improve the living conditions and prospects of the community of the docklands