Urban Regeneration: Glasgow+London

Question 1

When was “Glasgow’s miles better” slogan introduced

Answer 1

1983

Question 2

Successes of “Glasgow’s Miles better”

Answer 2

-1090 city of culture award: Gallery of modern art, Burrell collection, museums, Makintosh school of art

Question 3

When was “Glasgow, scotland with style” introduced

Answer 3

2004

Question 4

Benefits of scotland with style rebranding

Answer 4

-river corridor: BBC scotland, conference centre, titan crane museum,”squinty bridge”
Top 40 enterprise zones
-UEFA cup

Question 5

When was “people make Glasgow” introduced

Answer 5

2014

Question 6

Benefits of Glasgow hosting commonwealth games

Answer 6

£740 million to economy
Top 10 uk tourist destination uk

Question 7

Benefits of “people make Glasgow”

Answer 7

-hosted commonwealth games
-Golden Z: unemployment from 17% to 5%
-90+ green spaces- green city award 2020 gorbals sustainable housing

Question 8

Why did Glasgow need regenerating?

Answer 8

Life expectancy - 7 years lower than rest of Scotland
“Murder capital of Europe”
17% unemployment
Closure of industry so derelict sites

Question 9

How much trade and investment did the london Olympics generate

Answer 9

£10 billion

Question 10

How much of a boost did the LO create for construction

Answer 10

£7 billion

Question 11

How many jobs did the LO provide

Answer 11

46K
(Supports 18k a year)

Question 12

How many visitors did the LO attract

Answer 12

590K

Question 13

How many jobs does Westfield shopping centre support

Answer 13

10,000

Question 14

How much investment did the LO generate

Answer 14

£300 million

Question 15

How many homes were created for LO

Answer 15

13k NOT 40 k as promised
- 450 low rent demolished for athletes village now 4,000/month sold to qatari

Question 16

Environmental impacts of LO

Answer 16

300,000 plants planted
Atn,etes village = largest sustainable housing project
2.3 mill m3 soil cleaned
BUT huge carbon footprint