Regenerating places

• Regenerating Places is a course content booklet focusing on case studies for regenerating places.
• The case studies for regenerating places include Westgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Urban, college sits within the ward), Amble, Northumberland (Rural), and The Helix, Westgate.
• Key investors in Westgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne include Newcastle City Council, Newcastle University and Legal and General.
• Tourism-led regeneration is a method used in Westgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
• The Helix, Westgate is a global successful place.
• San Francisco, California is a global successful area.
• Urban: Detroit, USA and Rural: Beattyville, Kentucky, USA are global unsuccessful areas.
• Regeneration is the long-term upgrading of a place which usually aims to benefit the economic and social characteristics of an area.
• Rebranding is a strategy used in regeneration where a place is deliberately reinvented for economic reasons, and then marketed using its new identity to attract new investors.
• Reimaging is the remodelling of areas to counter negative perceptions and provide “post-industrial” functions such as retailing, leisure and tourism.
• Places are geographical spaces shaped by individuals and communities over time.
• Place attachment is the emotional bond between person and place, influenced by an individual's personal experiences.
• A sink estate is a British council housing estate characterised by high levels of economic and social deprivation.
• Gated communities are individual buildings or groups of houses which are landscapes of surveillance, with CCTV and often 24/7 security guards.
• Inequalities create differing priorities for regeneration: Sink estates, Gated communities, Declining rural settlements, Commuter villages.
• These chances range from a person’s chance of being ill and dying, to finding work, to the kind of work they do.
• Living in a particular place can have profound impact upon a person’s perception or values, as well as on their general outlook on the world, this is called someone’s lived experience.
• Commuter villages are settlements where a large proportion of the residents commute daily to cities for work.
• Declining rural settlements are rural areas where the quality of life and deprivation is seen to be worsening.
• Priorities for regeneration in the UK are due to significant variations in both economic and social inequalities.
• He argues that people are socially divided which differs the chances people get in life.
• If such fundamental chances as these were strongly polarised then much else that is much harder to measure was also starkly polarised during most of this period.
• Westgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne includes areas from Northumberland Street, St James Park, Leazes Park, Newcastle Side of the Quayside and Newcastle Sixth Form College.
• Amble, Northumberland includes the harbour, coastal sea front and residential areas.
• Westgate's name changed to Monument for the 2021 census.
• In the nineteenth century, new industries developed in Newcastle including locomotive building by Stephenson and shipbuilding, while W.G. Armstrong began building armaments and ships, becoming the largest employer in the area.
• There is a strong café culture on site at the Helix with several outlets and frequent pop-ups.
• Newcastle Helix exists to help us all live better lives, focusing on data science, urban science and life science.
• The government's British Energy Security Strategy aims to accelerate the deployment of wind, new nuclear, solar and hydrogen, while supporting the production of domestic oil and gas in the nearer term.
• Global brands (TNCs) in Westgate such as McDonalds, Pandora, Apple, Five Guys to name a few.
• Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange.
• Transport has encouraged increased tourists and international students which attend prestigious universities such as Newcastle University.
• Newcastle City Council is a partner in the Helix development, which will create an exciting new community at the heart of the city, providing 450 homes for both families and those looking for apartment living.
• The Helix is buzzing with events where you can learn, co-create, and collaborate.
• Newcastle University is a partner in the Helix development, which is a site for world-leading research, education and impact.
• Historically, the decline of the shipbuilding industry was influenced by cheaper labour abroad and quicker transportation.
• The Chronicle article from 2020 praises the regeneration of the old Scottish & Newcastle Brewery, but criticizes the Helix development as a "bleak, charmless desert" that has caused misery for its city neighbours.
• Legal and General is one of three partners leading the Helix development, which will bring more great jobs, homes, retail and leisure venues to the city centre.
• The North Bank of the Tyne has seen potential in energy, with Enterprise Zone status granted to the area.
• The Helix, a 24-acre (~10ha) innovation district in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, is an exemplar of sustainable urban regeneration combining prestigious commercial and residential space with first-class research and education facilities in the heart of the city.