Urban regeneration policies since 1979

Question 1

Urban regeneration corporations (UDC) are

Answer 1

• funding from central gov.
• set up in the 1980s
• marketing used to attract private investment in the area

Question 2

successes of UDCs are (2)

Answer 2

• attracts new businesses to the area

- by 1995, UDC had attracted £12 billion, creating 190,000 jobs in the UK

Question 3

failures of UDCs are

Answer 3

• failure to tackle social problems
• local people not involved in the process
• locals do not always benefit and are sometimes forced out due to rising house prices

Question 4

city challenge is

Answer 4

-a competition between cities for gov. regeneration grants

Question 5

successes of city challenge are:

Answer 5

• regeneration schemes made better use of the money
• values buildings and people equally, addressing social issues
• over 40,000 homes were built, 53,000 jobs created and 2,000 hectares of derelict land reclaimed

Question 6

failures of city challenge are:

Answer 6

• local authorities made bids but did not get the grant, losing money
• resources spread thinly over large areas
• areas needing the money did not have the means to make bids

Question 7

new deal for communities (NDC) is:

Answer 7

• a 10-year strategic programme
• focuses on 39 most deprived areas
• communities are at the ‘heart’ of regeneration
• carried out through partnership

Question 8

successes of NDCs are:

Answer 8

• between 2002 and 2008, NDC regenerated areas saw improvements in 32 out of 36 core indicators of development, including crime, education, unemployment and environment
• gaps between local and national levels were narrowed

Question 9

failures of NDCs are:

Answer 9

• improvements in education and worklessness (not being able to find work) were not very high
• some partnerships focused on greater change of place rather than people, so attitudes were not changed and areas quickly slipped back into deprivation