london / stratford

• why is london important

  • the houses of parliament
  • financial hub
  • tourism (royal family,theatres)
  • 4 major airports
• opportunities of urban change in london

  • multicultural communities
  • allowed economy to tertiarise
  • redevelopment of entertainment and leisure
  • urban greening
  • congestion charge
  • cycle ways
  • intergrated transport system
• globalisation was a cuase of deindustrialisatin , factories could relocate to cheaper countries and ships were getting bigger
• consequences of industrial decline

  • job losses
  • out migration
  • dereliction and lack of investment
  • poor quality housing
• greenfield sites are areas of land that have no buildings in it
• brownfeild sites have been used for industry in the past
• positives of regeneration

  • gives land new use
  • improves infastructure
  • business improves
  • imroves environment
• negatives of regeneration

  • governments pay for it so residents dont get a say
  • may get too busy
  • prices will increase
• stratford

  • 200 hectares of brown field sites were removed pf chemical rubbish
  • river lea was cleaned up
  • 4000 new trees planted
  • around £850million spent on transport
  • westfield shopping centre created 20000
  • athletes village