4.10C Improving living environment

• regeneration attempts to improve the environment by:

  • Redeveloping derelict land and buildings, and removing contaminants
  • Creating new parks and green spaces, planting trees and creating new lakes and wetlands.
  • Putting in place new street furniture, pavements and lighting to improve the design of areas.
  • Regenerating housing with double-glazing and insulation to reduce indoor noise, damp problems and lower energy costs. 
• environmental improvement aims:

  1. To reduce air pollution levels; this in turn improves people's health
  2. To create spaces for people to walk, play and practise sport, which in turn could lead to healthier, more active lifestyles. 
  3. To make urban environments safer, especially for children, pedestrians and cyclists.
  4. To improve living conditions so people live in warm, dry, secure homes. 
• 2012 Olympic Games: environmental improvement

  • 100 new green space was created with 4000 trees, after 600,000 tonnes of soil had been cleared of contaminants
  • 3 km of rivers and canals were cleared, and in many cases, replanted.
  • 230,000 cubic metres of contaminated groundwater was removed and cleaned. 
• • Improvements can be monitored through:
  • Reductions in pollution levels
  • Decreased amounts of abandoned and derelict land