Bristol

• What is the importance within the UK for Bristol?

  eighth, most popular city for tourism, largest city in Southwest and two universities
• What is Bristol is important to the wider world?

  International Airport and many TNCs located there
• What is national migration in Bristol like?

  Population doubled as people looking for work between 1851 and 1891
• What is international migration like in Bristol?

  Accounts for a half of its growth with 50 different countries
• What is the impact of character of migration for Bristol?

  Afro-Caribbean, strong community with events like Saint Pauls carnival
• What are the urban changes in Bristol?

  population growth, deindustrialisation, more ethnically diverse, urban sprawl, green capital in 2015, regeneration of Temple Quarter, more accessible
• What is the opportunity of cultural mix in Bristol?

  50 countries represented with St Paul’s carnival attracting 40,000 increasing tourism
• What is the opportunity of recreation in Bristol?

  Two football teams, shopping, entertainment
• What is the opportunity of employment in Bristol?

  high tech, improving amount of jobs in TNCs
• What is the opportunity of integrated transport system in Bristol?

  links different types of public transport, reducing congestion and global warming, 57% of people walk and cycle
• What is the opportunity of urban greening in Bristol?

  90% live within 350 m of a park, a third of Bristol is open space and 2015 European Green capital
• What is an example of an urban regeneration project in Bristol?

  Temple quarter
• Why did temple quarter need regenerating?

  Previously an industrial area, Brownfield site so rundown, Bristol surrounded by greenbelt so looks ugly
• What are the main features of temple quarter?

  Improves access, new bridge across the river Avon, maintains historical features, enterprise zone with low rent
• What is Temple Quarter a regeneration successful?

  4000 new jobs by 2020, redeveloped a brownfield site, attract tourists, but arena is still not built
• What is social deprivation?

  The extent of individual or area, lacks services, decent housing, employment
• What is dereliction?

  Abandoned building and wasteland
• What is urban greening?

  process of increasing and preserving open space in urban areas
• What is urban sprawl?

  Unplanned growth of urban areas into surrounding rural areas
• What is integrated transport system?

  Different forms of transport, the link together to make it easy to transfer from one to another
• What is a brownfield site?

  Land that has been used or abandoned and awaits refurbishment found in urban areas
• What is a greenfield site?

  A plot of land in rural areas that has not been built on before
• What is a commuter settlement?

  A place where people live, but travel elsewhere for work
• What are the problems with congestion in Bristol?

  Air pollution increase, late for work, stress and accidents causing 200 deaths a year
• What a beryl bikes?

  Shared bikes in Bournemouth
• What’s an oyster card?

  Quick and easy to pay for more than one type of public transport in London
• What is the park-and-ride?

  Car parks on the outskirts of town with buses into the centre
• What’s the congestion charg?

  Where you pay around £15 for entering the city at peak time
• What’s the car sharing lane?

  lanes, you can drive in if you have two or more people in your car in Bristol
• What is sustainable urban living?

  meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability for the future generations to meet their needs
• What is water conservation?

  Recycling grey water, and rainwater harvesting on roofs
• What is energy conservation?

  Energy efficient appliances and use of renewable energy sources
• What is waste recycling?

  Recycling boxes in houses and recycling facilities nearby
• What is creating green space?

  Maintaining green areas around towns for people to exercise and get fresh air