Regeneration - EQ3 - How is regeneration managed? Flashcards
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Define Rebranding
- Creating a new look or reputation for an area, often relaying on an area’s industrial past;
- altering the feel and attitude people have towards it
Define reimaging
- Part of a regeneration strategy by changing the image or name of a place and therefore how people view it
Define infrastructure
- The basic physical and organisational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society
Define the Northern Powerhouse
- A proposal to boost economic growth in the North of England particularly in the “Core Cities” of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle
What is the role of the govt in regeneration with infrastructure investment
- The UK government is responsible for considering the level of inequality across the country as having a disparity between places and regions does not aid the overall development of the country
In 2015, the government tried to readdress the imbalance (attitudes and actions) by developing a so-called ………(1) (Player), where the aim is that….. (2)
- ‘Northern Powerhouse’
- infrastructure will connect major industrial towns and cities in the north.
Describe how different players interact on infrastructure projects
- The national govt often works with local and regional organisations and governance to ensure that infrastructure projects become reality
- Property developers need to work in the right economic conditions, and charities often understand locals
- However, both lack capital finds to reliably generate a return on the initial investment required to start large projects such as these
- Large top-down projects can help diverse places across the Uk and other countries, but there are always concerns about their effect on local people and the natural environment
Explain how infrastructure investment suhc as aiprot development can regenrate regions & stimulate economuc growth via National governments
- The expansion of Heathrow Airport (building a third runway) is expected to cost just under £20 billion (which would be privately funded) and potentially create 70,000 jobs
- However, many MPs, local residents and environmental NGOs oppose the project as it will increase traffic travelling through Heathrow and pollution
The government is planning …………………………. known as HS2
- a new high-speed rail network, from London to Birmingham and to Manchester and Leeds
How much is HS2 expected to cost
£56 billion
What will the first stage of HS2 cut journey times from
- From December 2026, will cut Birmingham-London journey times from 1hr 21min to 49min
What are the negative environmental consequences of HS2
- The Wildlife Trusts say both phases directly affect nature reserves and wildlife sites which could lead to a net loss in biodiversity
What are the positive environmental consequences of HS2
- HS2 will cut emissions, improve air quality and support a net-zero carbon economy
What are the negative social consequences of HS2
- The planned route will pass right through the Chilterns inwhich there will be no intermediate stations, so communities along the route will not gain from it
- mental health issues for those displaced
- memorial monument neeeded for reburials
What are the positive social consequences of HS2
- improved journey times between major cities
- businesses along the network would benefit
What are the negative economic consequences of HS2
- £71 billion could have been invested elsewhere, & the poor managment of teh project means inflationary prieces has escalated the costs durastically
What are the positive economic consequences of HS2
- A government report in 2008 estimated that by 2025 road congestion would cost the UK £22 billion each year in lost time
- 60,000 construction jobs created
- govt expects the Old Oak station to be transformed to support some 20,000 new jobs as an interchange station
The projected expense of £71 billion is viewed as an investment, because the government will gain:
- franchising fees from train companies to run services
- an economic multiplier - i.e. growth - which should result from the improved transport links generating higher company profits, and also jobs, from which the government will receive taxation revenue.
What are the financial limitations to HS2
Govt can only afford it
- HS2 is too expensive for private companies to invest in (HS2’s estimated cost in 2015 was £56 billion, now projected to be £71 billion
due to a 2 year setback & inflation - Its scale is massive, so only govt could faciliate such widespread cooperation
What are the financial limitations to HS2
Private sector needs help
- As a service, transport rarely makes a profit, so although UK rail services are privatised, central government subsidised them by £3.8 billion in 2015
- Without those subsidies, the existing rail companies would operate at a loss
- So, if private companies can’t afford to build HS2, central government is left as the only organisation able to provide sufficient capital
HS2 was necessary because…
- road-building programs would not suffice
- most rail routes are close to capacity
The UK has a number of ………………… that are important in the context of regeneration
planning policies
UK Planning policies which are important for regeneration
Greenbelt
- Greenbelt land, which surrounds most larger cities, cannot be built on
- It is protected green space, usually farmland
UK Planning policies which are important for regeneration
Conservation zones
Conservation areas like National Parks have strict planning regulations that limit the development of all but small-scale residential and commercial schemes